The hydrothermal system at Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat (West Indies): Characterization and role in the on-going eruption

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3693-3696

  Boudon, Georges ^a,h   Villemant, Benoît ^b,c   Komorowski, Jean Christophe ^b,d   Ildefonse, Philippe ^e,f   Semet, Michel P ^g,h  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Observatoire Volcanologique de la Soufriere   (France)

^e Observatoires Volcanologiques   (France)

^f LGCS   (France)

^g IPGP   (France)

^h Minéralogie Cristallographie Univ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; SILICA; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032187517     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00985     Document Type: Article

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