Complex spatter- and pumice-rich pyroclastic deposits from an andesitic caldera-forming eruption: The Siwi pyroclastic sequence, Tanna, Vanuatu

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-41

  Allen, Sharon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agglomerate; Andesite; Caldera; Ignimbrite; Pumice; Spatter; Tanna; Welding

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; LITHOFACIES; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TANNA; VANUATU; WORLD;

EID: 10444258091     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-004-0358-6     Document Type: Article

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