Influence of pre-eruptive storage conditions and volatile contents on explosive Plinian style eruptions of basic magma

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 511-521

  Goepfert, Katherine ^a   Gardner, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Basaltic andesite; Fragmentation; Hawaiite; Plinian eruption; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BASALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOCRYST; PLAGIOCLASE; PLEISTOCENE; PLINIAN ERUPTION; VISCOSITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; ITALY; MASAYA; NICARAGUA; SICILY;

PLINIA;

EID: 77954143293     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0343-1     Document Type: Article

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