A stress-controlled mechanism for the intensity of very large magnitude explosive eruptions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 161-166

  Costa, A ^a,b   Gottsmann, J ^c   Melnik, O ^c,d   Sparks, R S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conduit model; Extensional stress; Large explosive eruptions; Linear fissure eruptions

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; COLUMN COLLAPSE; COMBINED EFFECT; CONDUIT MODEL; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; EARTH'S CRUST; ERUPTION DURATION; ERUPTION RATES; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; EXTENSIONAL STRESS; LARGE EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS; LARGE-SCALE TRANSPORT; LINEAR FISSURE ERUPTIONS; MAGMA CHAMBER; ME-XICO; NEW ZEALAND; OVERPRESSURE; SILICIC MAGMAS; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIVES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 80054077510     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.024     Document Type: Article

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