Supervolcanoes and their explosive supereruptions

Elements

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-15

  Miller, Calvin F ^a   Wark, David A ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caldera; Explosive volcanism; Magma chamber; Rhyolite; Supereruption; Supervolcano

Indexed keywords

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA CHAMBER; RHYOLITE; SUPERERUPTION; SUPERVOLCANO;

EXPLOSIVES;

CALDERA; CIVILIZATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA CHAMBER; RHYOLITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 41449089691     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/GSELEMENTS.4.1.11     Document Type: Article

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