The late Quaternary Diego Hernandez Formation, Tenerife: Volcanology of a complex cycle of voluminous explosive phonolitic eruptions

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 59-85

  Edgar, C J ^a   Wolff, J A ^b   Olin, P H ^b   Nichols, H J ^b   Pittari, A ^a   Cas, R A F ^a   Reiners, P W ^b   Spell, T L ^c   Marti J ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

caldera; ignimbrite; phonolite; phreatomagmatism; plinian; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SURGES (FLUID); WATER RESOURCES;

CALDERA; DIEGO HERNANDEZ FORMATION; IGNIMBRITE; PHONOLITIC EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PHREATOMAGMATISM;

VOLCANOES;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CALDERA; IGNIMBRITE; PHONOLITE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PLINIAN ERUPTION; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

CALETA; PLINIA;

EID: 33845941456     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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