Hydrothermal hexahydrite spherules erupted during the 2008-2010 summit eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1369-1375

  Hon, Ken ^a   Orr, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt; Halemaumau; Hawai'i; Hydrothermal hexahydrite spherules; Kilauea; Sulfate; Summit eruption

Indexed keywords

FOAM; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; METEORIC WATER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; SPHERULE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; UNITED STATES;

SPHERULES;

EID: 80955143392     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0484-x     Document Type: Article

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