Discharge of pyroclastic flows into the sea during the 1996-1998 eruptions of the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 599-614

  Hart, Karen ^a   Carey, Steven ^a   Sigurdsson, Haraldur ^a   Sparks, R Stephen J ^b   Robertson, Richard E A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBMARINE FAN; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; MONTSERRAT; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO; WORLD;

EID: 8644264013     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-004-0342-1     Document Type: Article

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