Episodes of cyclic Vulcanian explosive activity with fountain collapse at Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Geological Society Memoir

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 281-306

  Druitt, T H ^a   Young, S R ^b   Baptie, B ^b   Bonadonna, C ^c   Calder, E S ^c   Clarke, A B ^d   Cole, P D ^e   Harford, C L ^c   Herd, R A ^b   Luckett, R ^b   Ryan, G ^f   Voight, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052913301     PISSN: 04354052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.MEM.2002.021.01.13     Document Type: Article

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