Unusual "snow slurry" lahars from Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand, September 1995

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1107-1110

  Cronin, Shane J ^a   Neall, Vincent E ^a   Lecointre, Jérôme A ^a   Palmer, Alan S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; VOLCANOES;

CRATER LAKE; FLOW PATH; LARGE AMOUNTS; NEW ZEALAND; SNOW AND ICE; SNOW PACKS; VOLCANIC CONES;

SNOW;

CRATER LAKE; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; ICE COVER; LAHAR; SLURRY; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY; MASS MOVEMENT; SNOW SLURRY;

MOUNT RUAPEHU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; RUAPEHU VOLCANO; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 0030441197     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<1107:USSLFR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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