The 25 September 2007 eruption of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand: Directed ballistics, surtseyan jets, and ice-slurry lahars

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Kilgour, G ^a   V Manville, ^a   Pasqua, F Della ^a   A Graettinger, ^a   Hodgson, K A ^b   Jolly, G E ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b Western Heights High School   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ballistic; gas driven; hydrothermal eruption; lahars; phreatic; Ruapehu; surtseyan jets

Indexed keywords

CRATER LAKE; ELEMENTAL SULPHUR; ERUPTION MECHANISMS; GLASSY MATERIALS; HYDROTHERMAL ERUPTIONS; ICE SLURRIES; LAHARS; MINERAL PRECIPITATE; NEW ZEALAND; OVERPRESSURIZATION; PHREATIC; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; SKI FIELDS; WIDE SWATH;

BALLISTICS; CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GASES; JETS; LAKES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR; VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIVES;

ANDESITE; CRATER LAKE; DEGASSING; FALLOUT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LAHAR; LAVA FLOW; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VENTING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

MOUNT RUAPEHU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 77349093287     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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