Volcaniclastic processes on modern submarine arc stratovolcanoes: Sidescan and photographic evidence from the rumble IV and V volcanoes, southern Kermadec Arc (SW Pacific)

Marine Geology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 21-39

  Wright, I C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATOVOLCANO; STRATOVOLCANOES; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; SUBMARINE VOLCANOES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSITS;

PACIFIC, KERMADEC ARC, RUMBLE IV VOLCANO; PACIFIC, KERMADEC ARC, RUMBLE V VOLCANO;

EID: 0030302824     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00054-0     Document Type: Article

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