The 7-8 August 2008 eruption of Kasatochi Volcano, central Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Waythomas, Christopher F ^a   Scott, William E ^b   Prejean, Stephanie G ^a   Schneider, David J ^a   Izbekov, Pavel ^a,c   Nye, Christopher J ^a,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d Alaska Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANOLOGY;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANDREANOF ISLANDS; KASATOCHI ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650014090     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007437     Document Type: Article

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