Tectonically controlled vent migration during maar-diatreme formation: An example from a Miocene half-graben basin in SE Korea

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 223-224, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-46

  Son, Moon ^a   Kim, Jong Sun ^a   Jung, Soohwan ^a   Ki, Jin Seok ^b   Kim, Min Cheol ^a   Sohn, Young Kwan ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diatreme; Facies architecture; Maar; Phreatomagmatism; Synvolcanic tectonism; Vent migration

Indexed keywords

DIATREME; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; MAAR; PHREATOMAGMATISM; SYNVOLCANIC TECTONISM; VENT MIGRATION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARCHITECTURE; DEBRIS; EXPLOSIONS; FALLOUT; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; VOLCANOES;

FAULTING;

BRECCIA; DEBRIS FLOW; DIATREME; EJECTA; FACIES ANALYSIS; FAULTING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRABEN; LITHOFACIES; MAAR; MIOCENE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; TECTONICS; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

KOREA;

EID: 84862793360     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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