Large ignimbrite eruptions and volcano-tectonic depressions in the Central Andes: A thermomechanical perspective

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 269, Issue , 2006, Pages 47-63

  De Silva, Shanaka ^a   Zandt, George ^b   Trumbull, Robert ^c   Viramonte, José G ^d   Salas, Guido ^e   Jiménez, Néstor ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN AGUSTÍN DE AREQUIPA   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEODYNAMICS; IGNIMBRITE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; PUNA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845580244     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.269.01.04     Document Type: Article

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