Internal flow variations and diachronous sedimentation within extensive, sustained, density-stratified pyroclastic density currents flowing down gentle slopes, as revealed by the internal architectures of ignimbrites on Tenerife

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1-24

  Brown, Richard J ^a   Branney, Michael J ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ignimbrite; Plinian eruption; Pyroclastic density current; Topography; Volcanic hazard

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IGNIMBRITE; LITHOFACIES; PLINIAN ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

PLINIA;

EID: 84879331411     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-013-0727-0     Document Type: Article

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