The Quaternary pyroclastic succession of southeast Tenerife, Canary Islands: Explosive eruptions, related caldera subsidence, and sector collapse

Geological Magazine

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-288

  Brown, R J ^a   Barry, T L ^b   Branney, M J ^a   Pringle, M S ^c   Bryan, S E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Explosive eruptions; Ignimbrite; Phreatomagmatism; Quaternary; Tenerife; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; EXPLOSIVES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRADING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; IGNIMBRITES; PHREATOMAGMATISM; QUATERNARY; TENERIFE; VOLCANISM;

LANTHANUM;

CALDERA; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 0041311108     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756802007252     Document Type: Article

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