Modeling tephra sedimentation from a Ruapehu weak plume eruption

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Bonadonna, Costanza ^a,b,c   Phillips, J C ^b   Houghton, B F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTATION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; MOUNT RUAPEHU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 26844511180     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003515     Document Type: Article

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