Lateral vent migration during phreatomagmatic and magmatic eruptions at Tecuitlapa Maar, east-central Mexico

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 67-77

  Ort, Michael H ^a   Carrasco Núñez, Gerardo ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

maar; Mexican volcanoes; phreatomagmatism; vent migration

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; EXPLOSIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FRACTURE; LEVEES; MINERALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BASALTIC MAGMAS; CRATER WALLS; ELLIPTICAL CRATERS; FRACTURE FLOWS; LATE QUATERNARIES; MAAR; MAGMATIC ERUPTIONS; ME-XICO; MEXICAN VOLCANOES; PHREATOMAGMATIC ERUPTIONS; PHREATOMAGMATISM; SCORIA CONES; STRUCTURAL TRENDS; SUPPLY RATES; VENT MIGRATION; VOLCANIC BELTS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CRATER; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LAVA FLOW; MAAR; PHREATOMAGMATISM; TUFF; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TECUITLAPA MAAR; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 60749118567     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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