Pyroclastic flow deposits of the 1991 eruption of Volcán de Colima, Mexico

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-306

  Saucedo, R ^a   Macias J L ^b   Bursik, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colima; Facies transition; Granular flow; Merapi type pyroclastic flow; Mexico

Indexed keywords

PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

COLIMA; COLIMA VOLCANO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2542438848     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-003-0311-0     Document Type: Article

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