Experimental birth of a maar-diatreme volcano

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 260, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  Ross, P S ^a   White, J D L ^b   Valentine, G A ^c   Taddeucci, J ^d   Sonder, I ^c   Andrews, R G ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crater; Diatreme; Explosions; Fallback; Large scale experiments; Maar

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DIATREME; FALLBACK; LARGE SCALE EXPERIMENTS; MAAR;

DEPOSITS; EXPERIMENTS; SUBSTRATES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIONS;

CRATER; DIATREME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KIMBERLITE; MAAR; SUBSTRATE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

EID: 84880310858     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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