Physical volcanology of the post-twelfth-century activity at Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador: Behavior of an andesitic central volcano

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1193-1215

  Pistolesi, Marco ^a   Rosi, Mauro ^a   Cion, Raffaello ^b   Cashman, Katharine V ^c   Rossotti, Andrea ^d   Aguilera, Eduardo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d General Rumiñahui ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS ESPE   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); SILICA; STRATIGRAPHY;

COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; EASTERN CORDILLERA; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; MAGMA COMPOSITION; PERIODIC ACTIVITY; PYROCLASTIC SURGE; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

VOLCANOES;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PLINIAN ERUPTION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

COTOPAXI VOLCANO; ECUADOR;

PLINIA;

EID: 79953793742     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30301.1     Document Type: Article

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