Models of maar volcanoes, Lunar Crater (Nevada, USA)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 753-765

  Valentine, Greg A ^a   Shufelt, Nicole L ^a   Hintz, Amanda R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crater; Diatreme; Explosion; Maar; Monogenetic; Phreatomagmatic

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRATER; DIATREME; MAAR; MODELING; MOON; SUBSIDENCE; VOLCANISM;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960980683     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0451-6     Document Type: Article

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