The geology and volcanological history of Mount Avital

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 237-255

  Weinstein, Yishai ^a   Weinberger, Ram ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GROUNDWATER; MAGMA; PHREATOMAGMATISM; RING COMPLEX; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOLAN HEIGHTS; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

EID: 42549122271     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES.55.4.237     Document Type: Article

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