Volcanic rock-mass properties from Snowdonia and Tenerife: Implications for volcano edifice strength

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 939-946

  Thomas, Mark E ^a   Petford, Nick ^a   Bromhead, Edward N ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geotechnics; Rock failure; Rock mechanics; Volcanic hazard

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; STRENGTH; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SNOWDONIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8744297183     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-166     Document Type: Article

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