Evidence of magma-water interaction during the 13,800 years BP explosive cycle of the Licán Ignimbrite, Villarrica volcano (southern Chile)

Revista Geologica de Chile

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-247

  Lohmar, Silke ^a,b   Robin, Claude ^a,c   Gourgaud, Alain ^b   Clavero, Jorge ^d   Parada, Miguel Ángel ^a   Moreno, Hugo ^d   Ersoy, Orkun ^a,e   López Escobar, Leopoldo ^f   Naranjo, Josí Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Explosive volcanism; Mafic pyroclastic flows; Phreatomagmatism; Southern Andean Volcanic Zone; Villarica volcano

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IGNIMBRITE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; STRATOVOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; VILLARRICA;

EID: 51749110899     PISSN: 07160208     EISSN: 0717618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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