Quenching of steam-charged pumice: Implications for submarine pyroclastic volcanism

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 40-49

  Allen, S R ^a   Fiske, R S ^b   Cashman, K V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

quenching; steam condensation; submarine pumice; submarine pyroclastic eruption; welding

Indexed keywords

SILICIC CALDERAS; STEAM CONDENSATION; SUBMARINE PUMICE; SUBMARINE PYROCLASTIC ERUPTION; WELDING;

ABSORPTION; BUOYANCY; FLUID MECHANICS; GAS ABSORPTION; GRAVITATION; MINERALS; MIXING; QUENCHING; SEAWATER; STEAM;

WATER ABSORPTION;

BUOYANCY; CALDERA; CONDENSATION; DEPOSITION; EJECTA; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VESICLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WELDING;

EID: 51249113415     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.050     Document Type: Article

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