The transition from explosive to effusive eruptive regime: The example of the 1912 Novarupta eruption, Alaska

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 620-634

  Adams, Nancy K ^a   Houghton, Bruce F ^a   Fagents, Sarah A ^a   Hildreth, Wes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble collapse; Decoupled degassing; Lava domes; Microtextures; Novarupta 1912; Plugs; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COLLAPSE; DECOUPLED DEGASSING; LAVA DOMES;

DEGASSING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

DEGASSING; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA DOME; LITHOLOGY; VESICLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 33646785389     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25768.1     Document Type: Article

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