The caldera-forming eruption of Ksudach volcano about cal. A.D. 240: The greatest explosive event of our era in Kamchatka, Russia

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 49-65

  Braitseva, O A ^a   Melekestsev, I V ^a   Ponomareva, V V ^a   Kirianov, V Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA FORMATION; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC SURGE; TEPHRA; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KAMCHATKA, KSUDACH VOLCANO;

EID: 0029774155     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0273(95)00047-X     Document Type: Article

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