Title: A basalt trigger for the 1991 eruptions of Pinatubo volcano?
Authors: Pallister, J.S.; Hoblitt, R.P.
Abstract: Reports evidence for the mixing of basaltic and dacitic magmas shortly before the paroxysmal eruptions of the Pinatubo volcano on June 15, 1991. The suggestion that the injection of basaltic magmas into the base of a magma chamber might trigger an eruption; Methods; Results; Discussion.
Subjects: VOLCANOES
Publication: Nature, 1992, Vol 356, Issue 6368, p426
ISSN: 0028-0836
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1038/356426a0

A basalt trigger for the 1991 eruptions of Pinatubo volcano?

Pallister, J.S.; Hoblitt, R.P.