Late pleistocene and holocene caldera-forming eruptions of Okmok caldera, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 172, Issue , 2007, Pages 343-364

  Larsen, Jessica F ^a,b   Neal, Christina ^a,c   Schaefer, Janet ^a,d   Beget, Jim ^a,b   Nye, Chris ^a,d  

^a Alaska Volcano Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys   (United States)

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EID: 85006086454     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/172GM24     Document Type: Chapter

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