Volcaniclastic stratigraphy of the Tiscapa maar crater walls (Managua, Nicaragua): Implications for volcanic and seismic hazards and Holocene climate changes

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1453-1470

  Freundt, A ^a,b   Hartmann, A ^a   Kutterolf, S ^a   Strauch, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c INETER   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Faulting and volcanism; Fluvial sediments; Maar eruption; Paleoclimate; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRATER; FAULTING; IGNIMBRITE; MAAR; PALEOCLIMATE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANISM;

MANAGUA [NICARAGUA]; NICARAGUA;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. GLABRIUSCULUM;

EID: 77955771546     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0469-6     Document Type: Article

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