Eyewitness, stratigraphy, chemistry, and eruptive dynamics of the 1913 Plinian eruption of Volcán de Colima, México

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 149-166

  Saucedo, R ^a   Macias J L ^b   Gavilanes, J C ^c   Arce, J L ^b   Komorowski, J C ^d   Gardner, J E ^e   Valdez Moreno, G ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

1913; Colima Volcano; Eruption dynamics; Magma mixing; Mexico; Plinian eruption

Indexed keywords

1913; MAGMA MIXING; ME-XICO; PLINIAN ERUPTION; VOLCANO ERUPTIONS;

DEPOSITS; FALLOUT; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MAGMA; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BASSE TERRE; COAHUILA; COLIMA; COLIMA VOLCANO; GUADALAJARA [JALISCO]; GUADELOUPE; JALISCO; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SALTILLO; SOUFRIERE;

PLINIA;

EID: 77950520875     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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