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Hydrovolcanic explosions II. Evolution of basaltic tuff rings and tuff cones.

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Abstract

The vent morphology, stratigraphy and eruptive phenomena of six basaltic tuff-rings and five tuff-cones produced in a variety of geological environments have been studied in detail. Comparison of the data shows that the main difference between the ring and cone occurrences is due to the wetter condition of emplacement of the tephra of the cones. A model is derived and figured, relating the type of volcanic edifice produced by hydromagmatic volcanism to the ratio of water to magma interacting at the vent.-M.S.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)385-413
Number of pages29
JournalAmerican Journal of Science
Volume283
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1983

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