The 1968 andesitic lateral blast eruption at Arenal volcano, Costa Rica

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 9-33

  Alvarado, Guillermo E ^a   Soto, Gerardo J ^a   Schmincke, Hans Ulrich ^b   Bolge, Louise L ^c   Sumita, Mari ^b  

^a INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

andesitic dormant volcano; Arenal; eruptive mechanisms; lateral blast; sedimentological features; structural control; transport mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRONTIUM; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

LAVA-DOME COLLAPSES; MAGMATIC ANDESITIC ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT;

VOLCANOES;

ANDESITE; CRATER; LITHOFACIES; MAGMA CHAMBER; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ALAJUELA; ARENAL VOLCANO; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 33748170600     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.03.035     Document Type: Article

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