Quantification of magma ascent rate through rockfall monitoring at the growing/collapsing lava dome of Volcán de Colima, Mexico

Mueller, S. B.; Varley, N. R.; Kueppers, U.; Lesage, P.; Reyes Davila, G. Á.; Dingwell, D. B.

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Quantification of magma ascent rate through rockfall monitoring at the growing/collapsing lava dome of Volcán de Colima, Mexico

S. B. Mueller, N. R. Varley, U. Kueppers, P. Lesage, G. Á. Reyes Davila, and D. B. Dingwell

S. B. Mueller

Earth & Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany

now at: Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK

N. R. Varley

Facultad de Ciencias, University of Colima, Colima, Mexico

U. Kueppers

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-1444

Earth & Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany

P. Lesage

Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Savoie, CNRS, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France

G. Á. Reyes Davila

Centro Universitario de Estudios e Investigaciones en Vulcanología, Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico

D. B. Dingwell

Earth & Environmental Sciences, Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany

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