The largest known maars on earth, Seward Peninsula, Northwest Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-69

  Begét, James E ^a   Hopkins, David M ^a   Charron, Steven D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Hydromagmatic; Maar; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

BASALT ERUPTION; EXPLOSIVE; HYDROMAGMATIC ERUPTION; MAAR; PERMAFROST; PHREATOMAGMATIC ERUPTION;

USA, ALASKA, SEWARD PENINSULA;

EID: 0029729263     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1184     Document Type: Article

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