Characterization of pyroclastic deposits and pre-eruptive soils following the 2008 eruption of Kasatochi Island Volcano, Alaska

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 276-284

  Wang, Bronwen ^a   Michaelson, Gary ^b   Ping, Chien Lu ^b   Plumlee, Geoffrey ^c   Hageman, Philip ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FERTILIZER; LEACHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANIC SOIL;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANDREANOF ISLANDS; KASATOCHI ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955881497     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.3.276     Document Type: Article

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