Volcanology and eruptive styles of Barren Island: An active mafic stratovolcano in the andaman sea, NE Indian Ocean

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1021-1039

  Sheth, Hetu C ^a   Ray, Jyotiranjan S ^b   Bhutani, Rajneesh ^c   Kumar, Alok ^b   Smitha, R S ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Andaman Sea; Barren Island; India; Indian Ocean; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; CALDERA; CINDER CONE; LAVA FLOW; MAFIC ROCK; STRATOVOLCANO; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

ANDAMAN SEA; ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; BARREN ISLAND; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; NICOBARS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350366395     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0280-z     Document Type: Article

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