Influence of the substrate on maar-diatreme volcanoes - An example of a mixed setting from the Pali Aike volcanic field, Argentina

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 201, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 253-271

  Ross, Pierre Simon ^a   Delpit, Séverine ^a   Haller, Miguel J ^b   Németh, Károly ^c   Corbella, Hugo ^d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Hard substrate; Maar; Phreatomagmatism; Soft substrate

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; HARD SUBSTRATE; MAAR; PHREATOMAGMATISM; SOFT SUBSTRATE;

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

SUBSTRATES;

DIATREME; EMPLACEMENT; MAAR; PHREATOMAGMATISM; SUBSTRATE; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

ARGENTINA; PALI AIKE VOLCANIC FIELD;

EID: 79953040914     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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