August 2008 eruption of Kasatochi volcano, Aleutian Islands, Alaska-resetting an Island Landscape

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-259

  Scott, William E ^a   Nye, Christopher J ^b   Waythomas, Christopher F ^c   Neal, Christina A ^c  

^a CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; CRATER LAKE; DEPOSITION; EROSION RATE; MAGMA; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEABIRD; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

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

EID: 77955903645     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.3.250     Document Type: Article

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