Pyroclastic density current from the 1888 phreatic eruption of Bandai volcano, NE Japan

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 191-207

  Yamamoto, Takahiro ^a   Nakamura, Yoichi ^b   Glicken, Harry ^c  

^a Geology Department   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bandai volcano; Phreatic eruption; Pyroclastic density current

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0032757075     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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