Lava penetrating water: Submarine lava flows around the coasts of Pico Island, Azores

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Mitchell, Neil C ^a,b   Beier, Christoph ^c,d,e   Rosin, Paul L ^a   Quartau, Rui ^f   Tempera, Fernando ^g  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Instituto Nacional de Engenharia   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Lava channel; Submarine lava flow; Tumuli; Volcanic landslides; Volcanic ocean island

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049147624     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001725     Document Type: Article

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