Evolution and hydrological conditions of a maar volcano (Atexcac crater, Eastern Mexico)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 179-197

  Carrasco Núñez, Gerardo ^a   Ort, Michael H ^b   Romero, Claudia ^c  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atexcac crater; hydrological setting; maar volcanoes; Mexican volcanic Belt; phreatomagmatic eruptions

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROLOGY; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

HYDROLOGICAL SETTING; LAVA FLOWS; MAAR VOLCANOES; PHREATOMAGMATIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC BELT;

VOLCANOES;

ANDESITE; BASALT; CRATER; DOME; LAVA FLOW; LIMESTONE; MAAR; MAGMA; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RHYOLITE; VOLCANOLOGY;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845528979     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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