The explosive eruption of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, West Indies, 17 September, 1996

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3429-3432

  Robertson, R ^a   Cole, P ^b   Sparks, R S J ^c   Harford, C ^c   Lejeune, A M ^c   McGuire, W J ^d,g   Miller, A D ^e   Murphy, M D ^c   Norton, G ^e   Stevens, N F ^e,f,h   Young, S R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d University College   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f Environmental Systems Science Centre   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; VOLCANOES; DOMES; UNLOADING;

LAVA DOMES; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; EXPLOSIVES;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MONTSERRAT;

DISCHARGE RATES; DOME COLLAPSE; EXPLOSION PRESSURE; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; HYDROTHERMALLY; LITHICS; MONTSERRAT; PLUME HEIGHTS;

EID: 0032531340     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01442     Document Type: Article

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