Sedimentation from strong volcanic plumes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Bonadonna, Costanza ^a,b   Phillips, Jeremy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallout deposits; Modeling; Particle aggregation; Strong plumes; Tephra dispersal; Wind advection

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FALLOUT; PLUME; SEDIMENTATION; TEPHRA; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0142259766     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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