Explosive volcanic eruptions triggered by cosmic rays: Volcano as a bubble chamber

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1054-1061

  Ebisuzaki, Toshikazu ^a   Miyahara, Hiroko ^b   Kataoka, Ryuho ^a   Sato, Tatsuhiko ^c   Ishimine, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmic ray; Muon; Nucleation; Snowball Earth; Volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

CHUBU; HOKKAIDO; HONSHU; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; MOUNT FUJI; MOUNT USU; RYUKYU ISLANDS; SATSUMA-IWOJIMA;

EID: 79954628047     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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