Preservation of thin tephras

• Main Authors: Blong, R., Enright, N.J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Hagen; Huggins; Waldron; Flett; Kodiak; Alaska
• Online Access: https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/5785/

INTRODUCTION Numerous observations attest to the rapid erosion from hillslopes of recently emplaced tephras. A survey of the literature on Soufrière (St Vincent, 1902), Rabaul (Papua New Guinea, 1937), Paricutin (Mexico, 1943-1945), Irazu (Costa Rica, 1963-64), Usu (Japan, 1977) and Mt St Helens (US...