Unzipping long valley: An explanation for vent migration patterns during an elliptical ring fracture eruption

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-326

  Holohan, Eoghan P ^a   Troll, Valentin R ^a   va Wyk de Vries, Benjamin ^b   Walsh, John J ^c   Walter, Thomas R ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long valley caldera; Ring structures; Subsidence; Tectonics; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

ELLIPTICAL RING FRACTURE ERUPTION; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; RING STRUCTURES; VENT MIGRATION PATTERNS;

PETROLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

VOLCANOES;

CALDERA; KINEMATICS; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLEISTOCENE; RING COMPLEX; VENTING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CALIFORNIA; LONG VALLEY CALDERA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449083244     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24329A.1     Document Type: Article

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