Transition from steady to unsteady Plinian eruption column: The VEI 5, 4.6 ka Fogo A Plinian eruption, São Miguel, Azores

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 305, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-18

  Pensa, Alessandra ^a   Cas, Raymond ^a   Giordano, Guido ^b   Porreca, Massimiliano ^c   Wallenstein, Nicolau ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fogo A eruption sequence; Fogo volcano; Intra plinian ignimbrite; Unsteady plinian eruption

Indexed keywords

GRADING; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

ACCRETIONARY LAPILLI; COLUMN PARALLEL; FOGO A ERUPTION SEQUENCE; IGNIMBRITES; IN COMPOSITIONS; MAXIMUM THICKNESS; PHREATOMAGMATIC ACTIVITY; PLINIAN ERUPTION;

DEPOSITS;

EMPLACEMENT; IGNIMBRITE; MAGMA; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PLINIAN ERUPTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACHYTE;

AZORES; FOGO VOLCANO; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL;

EID: 84942522261     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2015.09.012     Document Type: Article

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