A remarkable pulse of large-scale volcanism on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-37

  McKee, Chris O ^a   Neall, Vincent E ^b   Torrence, Robin ^c  

^a Geophysical Observatory   (Papua New Guinea)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Climate change; Dakataua; Eruptions; New Britain Island; Papua New Guinea; Plinian; Rabaul; Witori

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CALDERA; CHARCOAL; PLINIAN ERUPTION; RADIOCARBON DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO; DAKATAUA; NEW BRITAIN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

PLINIA;

EID: 78651252909     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0401-8     Document Type: Article

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