Immense vent complex marks flood-basalt eruption in a wet, failed rift: Coombs Hills, Antarctica

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 935-938

  White, J D L ^a   McClintock, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diatremes; Flood basalts; Phreatomagmatic eruptions; Rifting; Tuff; Volcanic vents

Indexed keywords

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

BASALT; EXPLOSIVES; HYDROLOGY;

VOLCANOES;

DIATREME; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FLOOD BASALT; PHREATOMAGMATISM; TEPHRA;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84879881733     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0935:IVCMFB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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