Deposits of the most recent eruption in the Southern Mono Craters, California: Description, interpretation and implications for regional marker tephras

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 275, Issue , 2014, Pages 114-131

  Bursik, Marcus ^a   Sieh, Kerry ^b   Meltzner, Aron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

California; Explosive eruption; Fall deposit; Inyo craters; Isopach; Mono craters; South mono eruption; Tephra; Tephra 2; Turupah flats beds; Walker lake beds

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; LAKES;

CALIFORNIA; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; INYO CRATERS; ISOPACH; MONO CRATERS; SOUTH MONO ERUPTION; TEPHRA; TEPHRA 2; TURUPAH FLATS BEDS;

DEPOSITS;

CRATER; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CALIFORNIA; MONO COUNTY; MONO CRATERS; UNITED STATES;

PLINIA;

EID: 84896112015     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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