Holocene explosive eruptions in the Rungwe Volcanic Province, Tanzania

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 91-110

  Fontijn, Karen ^a   Ernst, Gerald G J ^a   Elburg, Marlina A ^a   Williamson, David ^b   Abdallah, Edista ^c   Kwelwa, Shimba ^c   Mbede, Evelyne ^c,d   Jacobs, Patric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d Ministry of Communication Science and Technology   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Eruptive history; Explosive eruptions; Rungwe Volcanic Province; Tanzania; Volcanic hazard assessment

Indexed keywords

ERUPTIVE HISTORY; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS; RUNGWE VOLCANIC PROVINCE; TANZANIA; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

DEPOSITS; EXPLOSIVES; FALLOUT; HAZARDS; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

VOLCANOES;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENE; PALEOSOL; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PUMICE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEPHRA; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MBEYA [TANZANIA]; MOUNT RUNGWE; TANZANIA;

PLINIA;

EID: 77956263196     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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