The role of collapsing and cone rafting on eruption style changes and final cone morphology: Los Morados scoria cone, Mendoza, Argentina

Central European Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-118

  Németh, Karoly ^a   Risso, Corina ^b   Nullo, Francisco ^c   Kereszturi, Gabor ^a,d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino   (Argentina)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

aa lava; agglutinate; breached cone; clastogenic lava flow; debris avalanche; lava spatter; pahoehoe; scoria cone; Strombolian, Hawaiian

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052685611     PISSN: 20819900     EISSN: 18961517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13533-011-0008-4     Document Type: Article

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