Erosion calderas: Origins, processes, structural and climatic control

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 174-193

  Karátson, Dávid ^a   Thouret, Jean Claude ^b,e   Moriya, Ichio ^c   Lomoschitz, Alejandro ^d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Degradation and drainage of volcanoes; Erosion caldera; Erosion crater; Volcanic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; DRAINAGE; EROSION; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

EID: 0343049022     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004450050270     Document Type: Review

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