Understanding and forecasting phreatic eruptions driven by magmatic degassing

Abstract This paper examines phreatic eruptions which are driven by inputs of magma and magmatic gas. We synthesize data from several significant phreatic systems, including two in Costa Rica (Turrialba and Poás) which are currently highly active and hazardous. We define two endmember types of phrea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John Stix, J. Maarten de Moor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2018-05-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-018-0855-z