A Late Holocene explosive mafic eruption of Villarrica volcano, Southern Andes: The Chaimilla deposit

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 200, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 143-158

  Costantini, L ^a   Pioli, L ^a   Bonadonna, C ^a   Clavero, J ^b   Longchamp, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Darío Urzúa 2165   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basaltic explosive volcanism; Clast microtextures; Tephra deposits; Villarrica volcano

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; RISK PERCEPTION; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

ACCRETIONARY LAPILLI; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MICRO TEXTURE; PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; TEPHRA DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITS;

CLAST; DEGASSING; DISPERSION; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HOLOCENE; MAGMATISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE; VILLARRICA VOLCANO;

EID: 79951722367     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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