Xenopumices from the 2011-2012 submarine eruption of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain): Constraints on the plumbing system and magma ascent

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Meletlidis, S ^a   Di Roberto, A ^b   Pompilio, M ^b   Bertagnini, A ^b   Iribarren, I ^a   Felpeto, A ^a   Torres, P A ^a   D'Oriano, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOGRÁFICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROGRAPHY; PLUMBING; SUBMARINES;

BASANITE; CANARY ISLANDS; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HYDROTHERMALLY; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; MACRO SCALE; MAGMA ASCENTS; MAGMA STORAGE; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; RHYOLITIC;

WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

BASANITE; HEATING; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; PETROGRAPHY; PUMICE; RHYOLITE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TRACHYTE; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; XENOLITH;

CANARY ISLANDS; HIERRO; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN;

EID: 84866270489     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052675     Document Type: Article

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