Pyroclastic density currents

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 145, Issue , 1998, Pages 145-182

  Druitt, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CURRENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0032300061     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.145.01.08     Document Type: Article

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