Post-depositional fracturing and subsidence of pumice flow deposits: Lascar Volcano, Chile

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 511-531

  Whelley, Patrick L ^a   Jay, J ^b   Calder, E S ^a   Pritchard, M E ^b   Cassidy, N J ^c   Alcaraz, S ^d   Pavez, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Compaction; Cooling; Deaeration; Ground penetrating radar; Ignimbrite; InSAR; Lascar

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; EMPLACEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; IGNIMBRITE; LITHOFACIES; LITHOLOGY; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; REMOTE SENSING; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; LASCAR;

EID: 84857449620     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0545-1     Document Type: Article

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