Transition from stable column to partial collapse during the 79 cal CE P3 Plinian eruption of Mt. Pelée volcano (Lesser Antilles)

Guillaume Carazzo (1) , Stephen Tait (1) , Audrey Michaud-Dubuy (1, 2) , Allan Fries (3, 4) , Edouard Kaminski (1)

1 IPGP (UMR_7154) - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
2 Dynamique des fluides géologiques
3 LMV - Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans
4 Univ Geneva, Sect Earth & Environm Sci, Geneva, Switzerland

Keywords: Mt. Pelee volcano; Plinian eruption; Tephra fallout; Partial collapse; Tephrostratigraphy; Radiocarbon dating

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences

Guillaume Carazzo, Stephen Tait, Audrey Michaud-Dubuy, Allan Fries, Edouard Kaminski. Transition from stable column to partial collapse during the 79 cal CE P3 Plinian eruption of Mt. Pelée volcano (Lesser Antilles). Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2020, 392, pp.106764. ⟨10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106764⟩. ⟨insu-02920453⟩