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Will subglacial rhyolite eruptions be explosive or intrusive? Some insights from analytical models.

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Will subglacial rhyolite eruptions be explosive or intrusive? Some insights from analytical models. / Tuffen, Hugh; McGarvie, D. W.; Gilbert, Jennie S.
In: Annals of Glaciology, Vol. 45, No. 1, 10.2007, p. 87-94.

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Tuffen H, McGarvie DW, Gilbert JS. Will subglacial rhyolite eruptions be explosive or intrusive? Some insights from analytical models. Annals of Glaciology. 2007 Oct;45(1):87-94. doi: 10.3189/172756407782282534

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Tuffen, Hugh ; McGarvie, D. W. ; Gilbert, Jennie S. / Will subglacial rhyolite eruptions be explosive or intrusive? Some insights from analytical models. In: Annals of Glaciology. 2007 ; Vol. 45, No. 1. pp. 87-94.

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