Abrupt shifts between wet and dry phases of the 1875 eruption of Askja Volcano: Microscopic evidence for macroscopic dynamics

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 256-270

  Carey, R J ^a   Houghton, B F ^a   Thordarson, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Askja 1875; eruption dynamics; Phreatoplinian; vesiculation

Indexed keywords

'DRY' [; ASCENT RATE; ASKJA 1875; BUBBLE GROWTH; BUBBLE NUCLEATION; CHANGING EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; CUMULATIVE NUMBER; DENSITY DATA; EARLY GROWTH; ERUPTION DYNAMICS; ERUPTION INTENSITY; EXIT VELOCITY; HIGH INTENSITY; MACROSCOPIC DYNAMICS; MAGMA DEGASSING; MASS FLUX; NUCLEATION RATE; NUMBER DENSITY; PHREATOMAGMATIC ERUPTION; PHREATOPLINIAN; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE DATA; RESIDENCE TIME; VENT MIGRATION; VESICULATION; WATER SOURCE; WET AND DRY; WET DENSITY;

BUOYANCY; DEGASSING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; NUCLEATION;

DYNAMICS;

AIR BUBBLE; DECOMPRESSION; DEGASSING; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MANTLE PLUME; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PLINIAN ERUPTION; RESIDENCE TIME; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASKJA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67649506209     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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