Major ash eruptions of Barren Island volcano (Andaman Sea) during the past 72 kyr: Clues from a sediment core record

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1131-1136

  Awasthi, Neeraj ^a   Ray, Jyotiranjan S ^a   Laskar, Amzad H ^a   Kumar, Alok ^a   Sudhakar, M ^b   Bhutani, Rajneesh ^c   Sheth, Hetu C ^d   Yadava, Madhusudan G ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

14C dating; Andaman Sea; Barren Island volcano; Marine ash layers; Sr Nd isotopic ratios

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANDAMAN SEA; ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; BARREN ISLAND; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 78149496366     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0408-1     Document Type: Article

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