Maar-diatreme geometry and deposits: Subsurface blast experiments with variable explosion depth

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 740-764

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

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

diatreme; ejecta; experimental volcanology; maar

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DEPOSITS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MIXING; SOUND INSULATING MATERIALS;

BLAST EXPERIMENTS; DIATREME; EJECTA; EXPERIMENTAL VOLCANOLOGY; EXPLOSION ENERGY; GROUND CONDITIONS; MAAR; SCALED EXPERIMENTS;

EXPLOSIONS;

BASALT; CRATER; DIATREME; EJECTA; MAAR; VERTICAL MIXING; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 84896098609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GC005198     Document Type: Article

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