The Kuwae (Vanuatu) eruption of AD 1452: Potential magnitude and volatile release

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-318

  Witter, J B ^a,c   Self, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARKeX Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caldera forming eruption; Fifteenth century; Ice cores; Kuwae; Sulfate aerosols; Vanuatu; Volatile emissions

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; DEGASSING; EJECTA; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HISTORICAL RECORD; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SULFUR EMISSION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUATU;

EID: 33751239740     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-006-0075-4     Document Type: Article

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