Caldera morphology in the western Galápagos and implications for volcano eruptive behavior and mechanisms of caldera formation

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 85-100

  Munro, Duncan C ^a,b   Rowland, Scott K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA FORMATION; CALDERA MORPHOLOGY; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA CHAMBERS; VOLCANO; VOLCANOES;

GALAPAGOS, FERNANDINA ISLAND; GALAPAGOS, ISABELA ISLAND;

EID: 0030448778     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0273(95)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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