Consequences of explosive supereruptions

Elements

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Self, Stephen ^a   Blake, Stephen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ash falls; Pyrolastic flow deposits; Sulfate aerosols; Supereruptions; Volcanic winter

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DEPOSITS; EXPLOSIVES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLCANOES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW DEPOSITS; PYROLASTIC FLOWS; SULFATE AEROSOLS; SUPERERUPTIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANIC WINTER;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ASH FLOW; CALDERA; ECONOMIC IMPACT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS;

EID: 41449089510     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/GSELEMENTS.4.1.41     Document Type: Article

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