Insights into the dynamics and evolution of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull summit eruption (Iceland) provided by volcanic ash textures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 394, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-123

  Cioni, R ^a   Pistolesi, M ^a,b   Bertagnini, A ^c   Bonadonna, C ^d   Hoskuldsson, A ^e   Scateni, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Ash morphology; Explosive volcanism; Eyjafjallaj kull; Hydromagmatic eruptions; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; MORPHOLOGY; TEXTURES; VOLCANOES; WATER RECYCLING;

COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; CONTINUOUS INJECTIONS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HYDROMAGMATIC ERUPTIONS; MAGMA FRAGMENTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; VOLCANIC ASH;

DYNAMICS;

DEGASSING; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MAGMA; TEXTURE; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND;

EID: 84897419173     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.02.051     Document Type: Article

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