The 10.5 ka Plinian eruption of Nevado de Toluca volcano, Mexico: Stratigraphy and hazard implications

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 230-248

  Arce, J L ^a   Macias J L ^a   Vazquez Selem L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Nevado de Toluca; Plinian eruption; Stratigraphy; Volcanic hazards; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

HOT PYROCLASTIC FLOW;

ABRASIVES; COMPOSITION; DEPOSITS;

VOLCANOES;

HAZARD; PLEISTOCENE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0037292646     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0230:TKPEON>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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