Environmental effects of ashfall in Argentina from the 2008 Chaitén volcanic eruption

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 462-472

  Martin, R S ^a   Watt, S F L ^b   Pyle, D M ^b   Mather, T A ^b   Matthews, N E ^b   Georg, R B ^b   Day, J A ^a   Fairhead, T ^c   Witt, M L I ^b   Quayle, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ash; Chait n; coir n; environment; eruption; leachate; Patagonia; volcanic

Indexed keywords

ASH; ENVIRONMENT; ERUPTION; LEACHATE; PATAGONIA; VOLCANIC;

AIR QUALITY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEACHING; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRACE ELEMENTS; VEGETATION; VOLCANOES; WATER FILTRATION; ZINC;

AIR FILTERS;

LEACHATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLATILE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FESTUCA PALLESCENS;

EID: 67649460591     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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