Shallow plumbing systems for small-volume basaltic volcanoes

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 563-582

  Keating, Gordon N ^a   Valentine, Greg A ^a   Krier, Donathon J ^a   Perry, Frank V ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt; Cinder cone; Conduit modeling; Dike; Eruptive conduit; Fissure eruption; Magmatic

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COUNTRY ROCK; DIKE; FISSURE; HOST ROCK; MAGMA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

EID: 39749169187     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0154-1     Document Type: Article

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