Explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars: Tephra and accretionary lapilli formation, dispersal and recognition in the geologic record

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 83-97

  Wilson, Lionel ^a   Head, James W ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

explosive eruptions; lapilli; Mars; tephra; volcanoes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CONDENSATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANETS; VOLCANOES;

ACCCRETIONARY LAPILLI; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GRAIN SIZE; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLUME; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

HESPERIA; PATERA; PLINIA;

EID: 34249776650     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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