Pit crater structure and processes governing persistent activity at Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 345-355

  Rymer, H ^a   Van Wyk De Vries, B ^a   Stix, J ^b   Williams Jones, G ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gas; Magma; Masaya; Microgravity; Pit; Santiago; Structure

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; LAVA LAKE; PIT CRATER; VOLCANISM;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0031817430     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004450050196     Document Type: Article

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