High-flying diatoms: Widespread dispersal of microorganisms in an explosive volcanic eruption

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1187-1190

  Van Eaton, Alexa R ^a,b   Harper, Margaret A ^a   Wilson, Colin J N ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FINE ASH PARTICLES; FRESHWATER DIATOMS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS; UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EXPLOSIVES; MICROORGANISMS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

VOLCANOES;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MANTLE PLUME; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOSTEPHANOS;

EID: 84886402901     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34829.1     Document Type: Article

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