Large phreatomagmatic vent complex at Coombs Hills, Antarctica: Wet, explosive initiation of flood basalt volcanism in the Ferrar-Karoo LIP

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-239

  McClintock, Murray ^a   White, James D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continental break up; Flood basalt; Gondwana; LIP; Peperite; Phreatomagmatic; Pyroclastic

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FLOOD BASALT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33644758349     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-005-0001-1     Document Type: Article

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