Precursory activity of the 161 ka Kos Plateau Tuff eruption, Aegean Sea (Greece)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 657-669

  Piper, David J W ^a   Pe Piper, Georgia ^b   Lefort, Darren ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basaltic andesite; Beach; Conglomerate; Kos Plateau Tuff; Neotectonics; Precursory eruption; Rhyolite

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONGLOMERATE; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA CHAMBER; MIXING; NEOTECTONICS; PETROGRAPHY; PHENOCRYST; PUMICE; RHYOLITE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TUFF; UPLIFT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77955093255     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0349-8     Document Type: Article

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