Southern Kermadec submarine caldera arc volcanoes (SW Pacific): Caldera formation by effusive and pyroclastic eruption

Marine Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 207-227

  Wright, I C ^a   Gamble, J A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caldera; Kermadec volcanoes; Pyroclastic eruption; Submarine volcanism

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; FORMATION MECHANISM; ISLAND ARC; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032705158     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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