Granular fingering as a mechanism for ridge formation in debris avalanche deposits: Laboratory experiments and implications for Tutupaca volcano, Peru
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.12.004
Abstract: The origin of subparallel, regularly-spaced longitudinal ridges often observed at the surface of volcanic and other rock avalanche deposits remains unclear. We addressed this issue through analogue laboratory experiments on flows of bi-disperse granular mixtures,… read more here.
Keywords: granular fingering; size; laboratory experiments; avalanche deposits ... See more keywords