A Plinian treatment of fallout from Hawaiian lava fountains

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 67-75

  Parfitt, Elisabeth A ^a   Wilson, Lionel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eruption; Grainsize; Hawaiian; Plinian; Volcanic

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PLINIAN ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0032861732     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00103-6     Document Type: Article

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