Frequency and magnitude of volcanic eruptions controlled by magma injection and buoyancy

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-130

  Caricchi, Luca ^a,b   Annen, Catherine ^a   Blundy, Jon ^a   Simpson, Guy ^b   Pinel, Virginie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CRUST; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84893266876     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2041     Document Type: Article

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