Changing eruptive styles in basaltic explosive volcanism: Examples from Croscat complex scoria cone, Garrotxa Volcanic Field (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 89-109

  Di Traglia, F ^a   Cimarelli, C ^a   de Rita, D ^a   Gimeno Torrente, D ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

basaltic explosive volcanism; complex scoria cones; fragmentation; Garrotxa; mingling; vesicles

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BASALT; GLASS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALS; STRAIN RATE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; VOLCANOES;

BASALTIC EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; COMPLEX SCORIA CONES; FRAGMENTATION; GARROTXA; MINGLING; VESICLES;

EXPLOSIVES;

BASALT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VESICLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GARROTXA VOLCANIC FIELD; GERONA [CATALONIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 61849117961     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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