Linking experimental and natural vesicle textures in Vesuvius 79AD white pumice

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 69-84

  Shea, Thomas ^a   Gurioli, Lucia ^b,c,d   Larsen, Jessica F ^e   Houghton, Bruce F ^a   Hammer, Julia E ^a   Cashman, Katharine V ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression experiments; Magma ascent rate; Phonolite; Size distribution; Textural characterization; Vesicles; Vesuvius

Indexed keywords

ASCENT RATE; DECOMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS; MAGMA ASCENT RATE; TEXTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; VESUVIUS;

DEGASSING; NUCLEATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEXTURES;

EXPERIMENTS;

BUBBLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPRESSION; DEGASSING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; ISOTHERM; MAGMA CHAMBER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHONOLITE; PUMICE; QUATERNARY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEXTURE; VESICLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

EID: 77950944029     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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