Cyclic eruptions and sector collapses at Monowai submarine volcano, Kermadec arc: 1998-2007

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Chadwick Jr , W W ^a   Wright, I C ^b   Schwarz Schampera, U ^c   Hyvernaud, O ^d   Reymond, D ^d   De Ronde, C E J ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d DIF   (France)

^e GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Debris avalanche; Explosive volcanism; Landslide; Sector collapse; Submarine eruptions; Volcano morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249107930     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002113     Document Type: Article

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