Constraints on eruption dynamics of basaltic explosive activity derived from chemical and microtextural study: The example of the Fontana Lapilli Plinian eruption, Nicaragua

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 207-224

  Costantini, L ^a   Houghton, B F ^b   Bonadonna, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

basaltic Plinian eruptions; eruption dynamics; Masaya volcano; vesicle textures

Indexed keywords

ASCENT RATE; BASALTIC MAGMA; BASALTIC PLINIAN ERUPTIONS; BRITTLE FRAGMENTATION; BUBBLE NUMBER DENSITIES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLAST TYPES; DENSITY RANGE; ERUPTION DYNAMICS; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; FRAGMENTATION MECHANISM; MASAYA VOLCANO; MICROLITES; NICARAGUA; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PLINIAN; PLINIAN ERUPTION; VESICULARITY;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DEGASSING; DEPOSITS; TEXTURES; VOLCANOES;

BASALT;

BASALT; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; BUBBLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DEGASSING; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FRAGMENTATION; PLINIAN ERUPTION; TEXTURE; VESICLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

MASAYA; NICARAGUA;

PLINIA;

EID: 73649090714     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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