Widespread transport of pyroclastic density currents from a large silicic tuff ring: The Glaramara tuff, Scafell caldera, English Lake District, UK

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1163-1190

  Brown, R J ^a,c   Kokelaar, B P ^b   Branney, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary lapilli; Caldera; Phreatomagmatism; Pyroclastic density current; Tuff ring; Volcanic hazards

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; DENSITY CURRENT; LITHOFACIES; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PLINIA;

EID: 34548752830     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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