Frequent eruptions of Mount Rainier over the last ∼2,600 years

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 595-618

  Sisson, T W ^a   Vallance, J W ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eruptions; Glass; Hazards; Holocene; Lahar; Mount Rainier; Tephra

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAHAR; LAVA FLOW; MUDFLOW; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANIC GLASS; VOLCANOLOGY;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT RAINIER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 68349119065     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-008-0245-7     Document Type: Article

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