Petrologic determination of ascent rates for the 1995-1997 Soufriere Hills Volcano andesitic magma

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3673-3676

  Devine, J D ^a,b   Rutherford, M J ^a   Gardner, J E ^a  

^a MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

LAVA DOMES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

ANDESITE; MAGMATISM; PETROLOGY;

MONTSERRAT;

EID: 0032193225     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00912     Document Type: Article

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