Eruption processes and deposit characteristics at the monogenetic Mt. Gambier Volcanic Complex, SE Australia: Implications for alternating magmatic and phreatomagmatic activity

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1-21

  van Otterloo, Jozua ^a   Cas, Raymond A F ^a   Sheard, Malcolm J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Geological Survey of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternating eruption styles; Grain size image analysis; Magmatic; Mt. Gambier; Newer Volcanics Province; Phreatomagmatic; South Australia

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; DEGASSING; DIKE; FACIES; FISSURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHREATOMAGMATISM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TUFF; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AUSTRALIA; MOUNT GAMBIER; NEWER VOLCANIC PROVINCE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84879669835     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-013-0737-y     Document Type: Article

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