Predicting yield strengths and effusion rates of lava domes from morphology and underlying topography

Lyman, Aaron; Koenig, Elissa; Fink, Johnathan

Predicting yield strengths and effusion rates of lava domes from morphology and underlying topography

Date

2004

Authors

Lyman, Aaron

Koenig, Elissa

Fink, Johnathan

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

To investigate the effects of slope on the morphology of lava domes, laboratory experiments were conducted with a PEG-kaolin slurry erupted into cold water on slopes ranging from 0 to 60°. In each experiment the slope, effusion rate, and water temperatur