Debris jets in continental phreatomagmatic volcanoes: A field study of their subterranean deposits in the Coombs Hills vent complex, Antarctica

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 62-84

  Ross, Pierre Simon ^a   White, James D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Basaltic volcaniclastic rocks; Coombs Hills; Debris jets; Ferrar; Vent complex

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BASALT; DEBRIS; EXPLOSIONS; MAPPING; PETROGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BASALTIC VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS; COOMBS HILLS; DEBRIS JETS; EXPLOSIVE MAGMA-AQUIFER INTERACTION; FERRAR MAGMATISM; PHREATOMAGMATIC EXPLOSIONS; PHREATOMAGMATIC VOLCANOES; VENT COMPLEX;

VOLCANOES;

LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 29744467939     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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