Sequence and eruptive style of the 1783 eruption of Asama Volcano, central Japan: A case study of an andesitic explosive eruption generating fountain-fed lava flow, pumice fall, scoria flow and forming a cone

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-262

  Yasui, Maya ^a   Koyaguchi, Takehiro ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asama volcano; Clastogenic lava flow; Explosive eruption; Plinian eruption; Pyroclastic cone

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; PLINIAN ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ASAMA VOLCANO; ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

EID: 2142702950     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-003-0308-8     Document Type: Article

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