Karim Kelfoun

Karim Kelfoun publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

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Karim Kelfoun D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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Best Publications

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

  K. Kelfoun;T. H. Druitt

  265
  Citations

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

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

  176
  Citations

• 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

  168
  Citations

• 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

  154
  Citations

• Landslide-generated tsunamis at Réunion Island

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

  116
  Citations

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

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

  114
  Citations

• 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

  92
  Citations

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

  Karim Kelfoun

  89
  Citations

• 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

  84
  Citations

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

  Tim Davies;Mauri McSaveney;Karim Kelfoun

  83
  Citations

• Topographic reflection of the Socompa debris avalanche, Chile

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

  78
  Citations

• 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

  64
  Citations

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

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

  61
  Citations

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

  Karim Kelfoun

  61
  Citations

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

  Francois Costard;Antoine Séjourné;Karim Kelfoun;Stephen Clifford

  60
  Citations

• 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

  59
  Citations

• 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

  56
  Citations

• 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

  53
  Citations

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

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

  48
  Citations

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

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

  48
  Citations