Investigating the inner controls on explosive eruptions using textural analyses and petrology

• Main Author: Bernard, Olivier
• Other Authors: Caroline Bouvet De La Maisonneuve
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes; Science::Geology::Petrology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155178
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

During an eruption, the level of threat a volcano poses to its surroundings is related to the style of activity. An effusive eruption generating slow-moving lava flows will be a lot less destructive than a violent explosive eruption producing large pyroclastic density currents (PDC). Recently, it ha...