The magnitude and impact of the Youngest Toba Tuff super-eruption

Frontiers in Earth Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Costa, Antonio ^a   Smith, Victoria C ^b   Macedonio, Giovanni ^c   Matthews, Naomi E ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Super eruption; Tephra dispersal; Toba; Volcanic impact; Youngest toba tuff

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009652352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22966463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2014.00016     Document Type: Article

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