Impacts do not initiate volcanic eruptions: Eruptions close to the crater

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 869-872

  Ivanov, B A ^a   Melosh, H J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression melting; Impact; Impact volcanism; Large igneous provinces; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MELTING; METEOR IMPACTS; ROCKS;

VOLCANOES;

ASTEROID; CRATER; IMPACT; METEORITE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0242581661     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19669.1     Document Type: Article

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