Timing, origin and emplacement dynamics of mass flows offshore of SE Montserrat in the last 110 ka: Implications for landslide and tsunami hazards, eruption history, and volcanic island evolution

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 385-406

  Trofimovs, J ^a   Talling, P J ^b   Fisher, J K ^c   Sparks, R S J ^d   Watt, S F L ^e   Hart, M B ^c   Smart, C W ^c   Le Friant, A ^f   Cassidy, M ^e   Moreton, S G ^g   Leng, M J ^h  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^h BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mass flow; Montserrat; stratigraphy; submarine

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; DOMES; LANDSLIDES; MASS TRANSFER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINES; TSUNAMIS;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE DEPOSITS; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTS; LAVA DOME COLLAPSE; MASS FLOW; MONTSERRAT; VOLCANIC CENTERS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC ISLANDS;

VOLCANOES;

BASALT; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; EMPLACEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; LAVA DOME; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHY; TSUNAMI; TURBIDITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

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

EID: 84876725552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20052     Document Type: Article

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