Reconstruction of eruption column dynamics on the basis of grain size of tephra fall deposits 1. Methods

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B4, 2001, Pages 6499-6512

  Koyaguchi, Takehiro ^a   Ohno, Marekazu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0034957881     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900426     Document Type: Article

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