Phreatomagmatic to Strombolian eruptive activity of basaltic cinder cones: Montaña Los Erales, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 225-245

  Clarke, Hilary ^a   Troll, Valentin R ^a   Carracedo, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

basaltic cinder cones; Canary Islands; hydrovolcanism; Los Erales; phreatomagmatic eruptions; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; VOLCANOES;

BASALTIC CINDER CONES; CANARY ISLANDS; HYDROVOLCANISM; LOS ERALES; PHREATOMAGMATIC ERUPTIONS; TENERIFE;

BASALT;

CINDER CONE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; PHREATOMAGMATISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MACARONESIA; MESSINA [SICILY]; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STROMBOLI; TENERIFE;

EID: 61849159863     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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