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Earth Science

D-Index
31
Citations
2966
World Ranking
9013
National Ranking
742

Best Publications

  • Numerical modeling of the emplacement of Socompa rock avalanche, Chile

    K. Kelfoun;T. H. Druitt

  • Toward a revised hazard assessment at Merapi volcano, Central Java

    Jean-Claude Thouret;F. Lavigne;K. Kelfoun;S. Bronto

  • Testing the suitability of frictional behaviour for pyroclastic flow simulation by comparison with a well-constrained eruption at Tungurahua volcano (Ecuador)

    Karim Kelfoun;Karim Kelfoun;Pablo Samaniego;Pablo Palacios;Diego Barba

  • Tsunami hazard related to a flank collapse of Anak Krakatau Volcano, Sunda Strait, Indonesia

    T. Giachetti;T. Giachetti;R. Paris;R. Paris;R. Paris;K. Kelfoun;K. Kelfoun;K. Kelfoun;B. Ontowirjo

  • Landslide-generated tsunamis at Réunion Island

    Karim Kelfoun;Karim Kelfoun;Karim Kelfoun;Thomas Giachetti;Thomas Giachetti;Thomas Giachetti;Philippe Labazuy;Philippe Labazuy;Philippe Labazuy

  • Characterisation of the 1997 Vulcanian explosions of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat, by video analysis

    Y. Formenti;T. H. Druitt;K. Kelfoun

  • Numerical modeling of geophysical granular flows: 2. Computer simulations of plinian clouds and pyroclastic flows and surges

    Sébastien Dartevelle;Sébastien Dartevelle;William I. Rose;John Stix;Karim Kelfoun

  • Suitability of simple rheological laws for the numerical simulation of dense pyroclastic flows and long‐runout volcanic avalanches

    Karim Kelfoun

  • Numerical modelling of the tsunami triggered by the Güìmar debris avalanche, Tenerife (Canary Islands): Comparison with field-based data

    Thomas Giachetti;Thomas Giachetti;Raphael Michel Paris;Raphael Michel Paris;Karim Kelfoun;Karim Kelfoun;Karim Kelfoun;Francisco Jose Perez-Torrado

  • Runout of the Socompa volcanic debris avalanche, Chile: a mechanical explanation for low basal shear resistance

    Tim Davies;Mauri McSaveney;Karim Kelfoun

  • Topographic reflection of the Socompa debris avalanche, Chile

    Karim Kelfoun;Karim Kelfoun;Timothy H. Druitt;Benjamin van Wyk de Vries;Marie-Noëlle Guilbaud

  • Source of the tsunami generated by the 1650 AD eruption of Kolumbo submarine volcano (Aegean Sea, Greece)

    Martina Ulvrová;Raphael Paris;P. Nomikou;Karim Kelfoun

  • Post-eruptive flooding of Santorini caldera and implications for tsunami generation

    P. Nomikou;T. H. Druitt;C. Hübscher;T. A. Mather

  • A two-layer depth-averaged model for both the dilute and the concentrated parts of pyroclastic currents.

    Karim Kelfoun

  • Modeling tsunami propagation and the emplacement of thumbprint terrain in an early Mars ocean

    Francois Costard;Antoine Séjourné;Karim Kelfoun;Stephen Clifford

  • Pyroclastic flow erosion and bulking processes: comparing field-based vs. modeling results at Tungurahua volcano, Ecuador

    Julien Bernard;Julien Bernard;Karim Kelfoun;Karim Kelfoun;Jean-Luc Le Pennec;Jean-Luc Le Pennec;Silvia Vallejo Vargas

  • Quantitative textural analysis of Vulcanian pyroclasts (Montserrat) using multi-scale X-ray computed microtomography: comparison with results from 2D image analysis

    Thomas Giachetti;Alain Burgisser;Laurent Arbaret;Timothy H. Druitt;Timothy H. Druitt

  • LiDAR derived morphology of the 1993 Lascar pyroclastic flow deposits, and implication for flow dynamics and rheology

    D.E. Jessop;D.E. Jessop;D.E. Jessop;Karim Kelfoun;Karim Kelfoun;Karim Kelfoun;Philippe Labazuy;Philippe Labazuy;Philippe Labazuy;Anne Mangeney

  • Bombs behaving badly: unexpected trajectories and cooling of volcanic projectiles

    Loÿc Vanderkluysen;Andrew J. L. Harris;Karim Kelfoun;Costanza Bonadonna

  • Explosive eruption, flank collapse and megatsunami at Tenerife ca. 170 ka.

    Raphaël Paris;Juan J. Coello Bravo;María E. Martín González;Karim Kelfoun

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphaël Paris
Raphaël Paris University of Clermont Auvergne
Timothy H. Druitt
Timothy H. Druitt University of Clermont Auvergne
Franck Lavigne
Franck Lavigne Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Paraskevi Nomikou
Paraskevi Nomikou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Andrew J. L. Harris
Andrew J. L. Harris University of Clermont Auvergne
Anne Mangeney
Anne Mangeney Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
François Costard
François Costard University of Paris-Saclay
Massimiliano Favalli
Massimiliano Favalli National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Tim Davies
Tim Davies University of Canterbury
Alain Burgisser
Alain Burgisser Université Savoie Mont Blanc

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