Temperature proxy data and their significance for the understanding of pyroclastic density currents

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-146

  Scott, Andrew C ^a   Sparks, R Stephen J ^b   Bull, Ian D ^b   Knicker, Heike ^c   Evershed, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Montserrat; Pyroclastic density current; Soufri re Hills; Temperature; Volcano

Indexed keywords

CHARCOALIFIED PLANTS; PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENT;

CHARCOAL; GEOCHEMISTRY; REFLECTION; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

VOLCANOES;

CHARCOAL; DENSITY CURRENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEISMIC DATA;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 44449160459     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24439A.1     Document Type: Article

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