Generation of a debris avalanche and violent pyroclastic density current on 26 December (Boxing Day) 1997 at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 409-434

  Sparks, R S J ^a   Barclay, J ^b   Calder, E S ^a   Herd, R A ^c   Komorowski, J C ^d   Luckett, R ^c   Norton, G E ^c   Ritchie, L J ^e   Voight, B ^f   Woods, A W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Institut de Physique du Globe   (Guadeloupe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052832341     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2002.021.01.18     Document Type: Article

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