Observations of eruptive plume dynamics and pyroclastic deposits from submarine explosive eruptions at NW Rota-1, Mariana arc

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 47-59

  Deardorff, Nicholas D ^a   Cashman, Katharine V ^a   Chadwick, William W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brimstone; Mariana arc; NW Rota 1; Strombolian; Submarine; Volcano

Indexed keywords

BRIMSTONE; BUOYANT PLUME; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; GAS VENTING; HEAT CONTENTS; LAVA EFFUSION; MARIANA ARC; MATRIX; MICRO-CRYSTALLINE INCLUSIONS; MICROLITES; NW ROTA-1; PLUME DYNAMICS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; RAPID COOLING; SECONDARY FRAGMENTATION; STROMBOLIAN; STROMBOLIAN ACTIVITY; STROMBOLIAN BURSTS; SUBMARINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; THEORETICAL MODELS; VISUAL EVIDENCE;

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); BUOYANCY; CHLORINE; GLASS; RECYCLING; SEAWATER; SODIUM; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLCANOES;

SUBMARINES;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; PETROLOGY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SEA LEVEL; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MARIANA ARC; MARIANA ISLANDS; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROTA;

EID: 79953186053     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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