Evolution and facies architecture of Paleogene Surtseyan volcanoes on Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Southwest Pacific Ocean

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-21

  Sorrentino, Leonor ^a   Cas, Ray A F ^a   Stilwell, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basaltic; Chatham Island; Phreatomagmatic; Pyroclastic surge; Surtseyan; Tuff cones

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC; CHATHAM ISLAND; PHREATOMAGMATIC; PYROCLASTIC SURGE; SURTSEYAN; TUFF CONES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BASALT; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PILES; STRATIGRAPHY;

VOLCANOES;

AGGRADATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PALEOGENE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; TUFF; VOLCANIC ISLAND; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CHATHAM ISLANDS; ICELAND; NEW ZEALAND; SURTSEY;

ANTHOZOA; BRACHIOPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79953164662     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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