Walking through volcanic mud: The 2,100-year-old Acahualinca footprints (Nicaragua)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 479-493

  Schmincke, Hans Ulrich ^a   Kutterolf, Steffen ^a   Perez, Wendy ^a   Rausch, Juanita ^a   Freundt, Armin ^a   Strauch, Wilfried ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Acahualinca footprints; Erosional channeling; Lake Managua; Nicaragua; Volcanic hazards

Indexed keywords

FOOTPRINT; HOLOCENE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MUD; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; LAKE MANAGUA; MASAYA; MASAYA VOLCANO; NICARAGUA;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. GLABRIUSCULUM; PLINIA;

EID: 67649972448     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-008-0235-9     Document Type: Article

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