Acute sedimentation response to rainfall following the explosive phase of the 2008-2009 eruption of Chaitén volcano, Chile

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Pierson, Thomas C ^a   Major, Jon J ^a   Amigo, Álvaro ^b   Moreno, Hugo ^b  

^a CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chait n; Channel aggradation; Lahar; Muddy flood; Rainfall runoff; Tephra fall; Volcaniclastic sedimentation

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; HILLSLOPE; LAHAR; RAINFALL; RHYOLITE; SEDIMENTATION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY;

CHAITEN VOLCANO; CHILE; LOS LAGOS; SOUTHERN VOLCANIC ZONE;

EID: 84876691999     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-013-0723-4     Document Type: Article

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