Pre-explosive conduit conditions of the 1997 Vulcanian explosions at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat: I. Pressure and vesicularity distributions

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 27-41

  Burgisser, Alain ^a   Poussineau, Stéphane ^a   Arbaret, Laurent ^a   Druitt, Timothy H ^b   Giachetti, Thomas ^b   Bourdier, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Conduit modeling; Decompression; Soufri re Hills Volcano; Vulcanian explosions; Water content

Indexed keywords

COHERENT PULSE; DECOMPRESSION; ERUPTIVE DYNAMICS; HOMOGENEOUS ZONE; KARL FISCHER TITRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMPLE MODEL; TRANSITION ZONES; VESICULARITY; VULCANIAN EXPLOSIONS;

DEGASSING; EXPLOSIONS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES; WATER CONTENT;

EXPLOSIVES;

DECOMPRESSION; DEGASSING; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA; POROSITY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER CONTENT;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 77953706719     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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