Old cinder cone or young composite volcano?: The nature of Cerro Negro, Nicaragua

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-342

  McKnight, Steven B ^a,b   Williams, Stanley N ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Friends Seminary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS;

COMPOSITE VOLCANOES; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; NICARAGUA; PRODUCTION RATES; SUB-PLINIAN ERUPTION; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

VOLCANOES;

CINDER CONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAVA; MAGMA; PLINIAN ERUPTION; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANOLOGY; COMPOSITE VOLCANO; MAGMA PRODUCTION RATE; VOLCANIC HAZARD;

CERRO NEGRO VOLCANO; LEON [NICARAGUA]; NICARAGUA;

EID: 0030886697     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0339:OCCOYC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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