Late pieistocene-holocene cataclysmic eruptions at Nevado de Toluca and Jocotitlän Volcanoes, Central Mexico

Brigham Young University Geology Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 493-528

  Macias J L ^a   Garcia P A ^a   Arce, J L ^a   Siebe, C ^a   Espindola J M ^a   Komorowski, J C ^b   Scott, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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