The explosive decompression of a pressurized volcanic dome: the 26 December 1997 collapse and explosion of Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 457-465

  Woods, A W ^a   Sparks, R S J ^b   Ritchie, L J ^c   Batey, J ^b   Gladstone, C ^a   Bursik, M I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 80052845029     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2002.021.01.20     Document Type: Article

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