The relative importance of supraglacial versus subglacial meltwater escape in basaltic subglacial tuya eruptions: An important unresolved conundrum

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 241-268

  Smellie, J L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Glaciovolcanic; Hydraulics; James Ross Island; Meltwater; Subglacial; Supraglacial; Tuya

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MELTWATER; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 31544449478     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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