A subaqueous eruption model for shallow-water, small volume eruptions: Evidence from two precambrian examples

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 140, Issue , 2003, Pages 189-203

  Mueller, Wulf U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

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EID: 85040184332     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/140GM12     Document Type: Chapter

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