Long-runout pyroclastic surge on a Cretaceous alluvial plain, Republic of Korea

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-24

  Sohn, Y K ^a   Jeong, J O ^a   Son, M ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TEPHRA; TURBULENT FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 15044363578     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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