Diverse patterns of ascent, degassing, and eruption of rhyolite magma during the 1.8ka Taupo eruption, New Zealand: Evidence from clast vesicularity

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-47

  Houghton, Bruce F ^a   Carey, Rebecca J ^a   Cashman, Katharine V ^b   Wilson, Colin J N ^c   Hobden, Barbara J ^d   Hammer, Julia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conduit process; Explosive volcanism; Plinian; Taupo eruption; Vesiculation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE COLLAPSE; BUBBLE NUCLEATION; CLOSED SYSTEMS; CONDUIT PROCESS; CRYSTALLISATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; EXSOLUTION; IGNIMBRITES; MASS-DISCHARGE; MICROLITES; NEW ZEALAND; NUMBER DENSITY; PLINIAN; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS; RAPID TRANSITIONS; TWO PHASIS; VENT SYSTEMS; VESICULARITY;

ASPECT RATIO; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGASSING; DEPOSITS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DOMES; GRANITE; NUCLEATION; PLUMBING; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

COALESCENCE;

CLAST; COALESCENCE; DEGASSING; EJECTA; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; EXSOLUTION; IGNIMBRITE; MAGMA; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RHYOLITE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VESICLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO; WAIKATO;

PLINIA;

EID: 77955055631     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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