Internal structure and building of basaltic shield volcanoes: The example of the Piton de La Fournaise terminal cone (La Réunion)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1881-1897

  Peltier, Aline ^a   Massin, Frédérick ^b   Bachèlery, Patrick ^c,d   Finizola, Anthony ^d  

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

^b Department of Geology and Geophysics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Basaltic volcanoes; Caldera collapse; Historic records; Piton de La Fournaise; Volcano lithostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CALDERA; CRATER; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; STRESS FIELD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE; REUNION;

EID: 84866482286     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-012-0636-7     Document Type: Article

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