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Table 3 Input values for the FLOWGO (e.g., Mossoux et al. 2016; Chevrel et al. 2018) modelling

From: Thermal impacts of basaltic lava flows to buried infrastructure: workflow to determine the hazard

Parameter

Value

Source/Justification

Down-flow increment

10 m

 

Slope

Varies between 1.4 to 1.9°

Local topography

Channel width

Varies between 26 and 54 m

MOLASSES modelling

Channel depth

Varies between 17.5 and 19.2 m

MOLASSES modelling

Viscosity

1000 Pa s

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Emissivity

0.95

Patrick et al. (2004)

Thermal conductivity

4.85 W/m°C

Tsang et al. (2019b)

Basal temperature

891 °C

Tsang et al. (2019b)

Core to base distance

20%

Nowak (1995)

Eruptive temperature

1200 °C

Kereszturi et al. (2014a)

Crustal temperature

827 °C

Tsang et al. (2019b)

Buffer

140 °C

Default

Crustal cover

0.6

Default

Crust to velocity relationship

−0.00756

Default

DRE density

2650 kg/m3

Kereszturi et al. (2014a)

Vesicularity

0.15

Kereszturi et al. (2014a)

Bulk density

2490 kg/m3

Kereszturi et al. (2014a)

Wind speed

5.1 m/s

Hayes et al. (2018)

Ch

0.0036

Default

Air temperature

15.9 °C

CliFlo (2019)

Air density

1.22 kg/m3

 

Air specific heat

1006

 

Phenocryst content

0.15

Kereszturi et al. (2012)

Crystals grown during cooling

0.9

 

Cooling range

300 °C

Default

Latent heat of crystallisation

3.5 × 105

Default

r

1.51

Default