Infrasonic tracking of large bubble bursts and ash venting at Erebus Volcano, Antarctica

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 661-672

  Jones, Kyle R ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey B ^a   Aster, Rick ^a   Kyle, Philip R ^a   McIntosh, W C ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erebus Volcano; infrasound; lava lake; Strombolian eruption

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; LANDFORMS; TRANSIENTS; VENTS; VIDEO RECORDING; VOLCANOES;

ANTARCTICA; AUTOMATIC PROCESSING; BUBBLE BURSTS; DISTRIBUTED MICROPHONE NETWORKS; EREBUS VOLCANO; ERUPTIVE ACTIVITIES; FREE SURFACES; INFRASOUND; LAVA LAKE; PRESSURIZED GASES; SOURCE LOCATIONS; SOURCE TYPES; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; STROMBOLIAN ERUPTION; VIDEO DATUMS; VIDEO IMAGERIES; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

LAKES;

BUBBLE; CRATER LAKE; DEGASSING; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; INFRASONICS; MAPPING; PHONOLITE; VIDEOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MOUNT EREBUS; ROSS ISLAND;

EID: 55549102326     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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