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Université de Fribourg

Eifel maars: Quantitative shape characterization of juvenile ash particles (Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany)

Rausch, Juanita ; Grobéty, Bernard ; Vonlanthen, Pierre

In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2015, vol. 291, p. 86–100

The Eifel region in western central Germany is the type locality for maar volcanism, which is classically interpreted to be the result of explosive eruptions due to shallow interaction between magma and external water (i.e. phreatomagmatic eruptions). Sedimentary structures, deposit features and particle morphology found in many maar deposits of the West Eifel Volcanic Field (WEVF), in contrast...