Degassing and crystallization of ascending andesite and dacite

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1770, 2000, Pages 1487-1513

  Cashman, Kathy ^a   Blundy, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andesite dacite volcanoes; Crystallization; Degassing; Mt St Helens; Pinatubo

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347303176     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0600     Document Type: Article

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