Eruption-fed particle plumes and volcaniclastic deposits at a submarine volcano: NW Rota-1, Mariana Arc

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Walker, Sharon L ^a   Baker, Edward T ^a   Resing, Joseph A ^b   Chadwick Jr , William W ^c   Lebon, Geoffrey T ^b   Lupton, John E ^d   Merle, Susan G ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VENTING; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

MARIANA ARC; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROTA;

EID: 55949117337     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005441     Document Type: Article

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