Pushing the volcanic explosivity index to its limit and beyond: Constraints from exceptionally weak explosive eruptions at Kilauea in 2008

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 627-630

  Houghton, B F ^a   Swanson, D A ^b   Rausch, J ^c   Carey, R J ^d   Fagents, S A ^e   Orr, T R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK VOLUME; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; HAZARD MODELING; KILAUEA; MAGNITUDE SCALE; NON EXPLOSIVES; RICHTER SCALE; VOLCANIC EXPLOSIVITY INDICES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIVES;

BASALT; CRATER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878191178     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34146.1     Document Type: Article

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