Fundamental changes in the activity of the natrocarbonatite volcano Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 913-931

  Kervyn, Matthieu ^a   Ernst, Gerald G J ^a   Keller, Jörg ^b   Vaughan, R Greg ^c   Klaudius, Jurgis ^b,h   Pradal, Evelyne ^d   Belton, Frederic ^e   Mattsson, Hannes B ^f   Mbede, Evelyne ^g   Jacobs, Patric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SCITERRE ^*  (France)

^e MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^h Terratec Geophysical Services   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ash fallout; Effusive explosive cycles; Explosive eruptions; Oldoinyo Lengai; Pyroclastic flows

Indexed keywords

ASTER; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FALLOUT; LAVA; MAGMA; MODIS; NEPHELINITE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SATELLITE DATA; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

OLDOINYO LENGAI; TANZANIA;

EID: 77957332963     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0360-0     Document Type: Article

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