The Ilopango Tierra Blanca Joven (TBJ) eruption, El Salvador: volcano-stratigraphy and physical characterization of the major Holocene event of Central America

The Ilopango caldera is the source of the large Tierra Blanca Joven (TBJ) eruption that occurred about 1.5 ka years ago, between ca. AD270 and AD535. The eruption dispersed volcanic ash over much of the present territory of El Salvador, and pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) extended 40 km from the...

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Main Authors: Pedrazzi, D, Sunye-Puchol, I, Aguirre-Díaz, G, Costa, A, Smith-Johnson, VC, Poret, M, Dávila-, P, Miggins, DP, Hernández, W, Gutiérrez, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019