Submarine pyroclastic deposits formed during the 20th May 2006 dome collapse of the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 391-405

  Trofimovs, J ^a   Foster, C ^b   Sparks, R S J ^b   Loughlin, S ^c   Le Friant, A ^d   Deplus, C ^d   Porritt, L ^a   Christopher, T ^e   Luckett, R ^c   Talling, P J ^a   Palmer, M R ^a   Le Bas, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (Montserrat)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Dome collapse; Montserrat; Pyroclastic flow; Submarine

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CHANNEL; COLLAPSE; GRABEN; GRAIN SIZE; LAVA DOME; LEVEE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONTSERRAT; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO;

EID: 84857457502     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-011-0533-5     Document Type: Article

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