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Vulcanian eruption mechanisms

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Application of a newly developed theory to volcanological observations of explosive eruptions shows that previous estimates of pre-explosion gas pressures may be overestimated by an order of magnitude.

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 03755

    Stephen Self

  2. Environmental Science Department, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK

    Lionel Wilson

  3. New Zealand Geological Survey, PO Box 499, Rotorua, New Zealand

    Ian A. Nairn

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Self, S., Wilson, L. & Nairn, I. Vulcanian eruption mechanisms. Nature 277, 440–443 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/277440a0

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