Age and nature of deposits on the submarine flanks of Piton de la Fournaise (Reunion Island)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 199-207

  Lénat, Jean François ^a   Boivin, Pierre ^a   Deniel, Catherine ^a   Gillot, Pierre Yves ^b   Bachèlery, Patrick ^c  

^a Universite Blaise Pascal   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

landslides; Piton de La Fournaise volcano; subaerial lavas; submarine flanks

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE DEPOSITS; LAVA FLOWS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MATRIX; MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; NOBLE GAS; PILLOW LAVAS; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE VOLCANO; ROCK TYPES; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SHALLOW WATERS; SLOWLY COOLED; SOURCE AREA; SUBAERIAL LAVAS; SUBMARINE FLANKS; SULFUR CONTENTS; UNDER WATER; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; VOLCANIC ORIGIN;

BASALT; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR; INERT GASES; LANDSLIDES; LANTHANUM; OLIVINE; PETROLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; SULFUR;

VOLCANOES;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEGASSING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; OLIVINE; PETROLOGY; PILLOW LAVA; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SUBMARINE SLOPE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE; REUNION;

EID: 67349164014     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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