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Impact origin of sediments at the Opportunity landing site on Mars by Burt, Donald M, Wohletz, Kenneth H, Knauth, L. Paul

“…Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity discovered sediments with layered structures thought to be unique to aqueous deposition and with minerals attributed to…”
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Numerical simulations of volcanic jets: Importance of vent overpressure by Ogden, Darcy E., Wohletz, Kenneth H., Glatzmaier, Gary A., Brodsky, Emily E.

“…Explosive volcanic eruption columns are generally subdivided into a gas‐thrust region and a convection‐dominated plume. Where vents have greater than…”
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Temporal evolution of the Minoan eruption (Santorini, Greece), as recorded by its Plinian fall deposit and interlayered ash flow beds by Taddeucci, Jacopo, Wohletz, Kenneth H.

“…The Plinian fall deposit of the Minoan eruption (Santorini, Greece) and its interlayered ash flow beds show textural, componentry and chemical trends…”
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Effects of vent overpressure on buoyant eruption columns: Implications for plume stability by Ogden, Darcy E., Glatzmaier, Gary A., Wohletz, Kenneth H.

“…Volcanic plumes resulting from explosive volcanic eruptions present a variety of hazards depending on their behavior. Buoyant plumes heat and entrain enough of…”
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A redetermination of the ice/vapor ratio of Enceladus’ plumes: Implications for sublimation and the lack of a liquid water reservoir by Kieffer, Susan W., Lu, Xinli, McFarquhar, Greg, Wohletz, Kenneth H.

“…The discovery of plumes of H 2O vapor and ice particles erupting from the south pole of Enceladus, the tiny frigid satellite of Saturn, sparked controversy…”
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Explosive magma-water interactions: thermodynamics, explosion mechanisms, and field studies by WOHLETZ, K. H

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Linking the Ukinrek 1977 maar-eruption observations to the tephra deposits: New insights into maar depositional processes by Ort, Michael H., Lefebvre, Nathalie S., Neal, Christina A., McConnell, Vicki S., Wohletz, Kenneth H.

“…The Ukinrek Maars erupted 30 March to 9 April 1977, forming two maars, a line of small pit craters and a tephra blanket extending to ~2 km from the vents. We…”
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Hydrovolcanic Explosions: The Systematics of Water-Pyroclast Equilibration by Sheridan, Michael F., Wohletz, Kenneth H.

“…The initial contact of external water with erupting magma and the mass ratio of water to magma govern the development of hydrovolcanic phenomena. The phase…”
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Dimensions and dynamics of co-ignimbrite eruption columns by Woods, Andrew W, Wohletz, Kenneth

“…Very powerful volcanic eruptions do not always form classical Plinian eruption columns. A model of co-ignimbrite volcanic eruption columns is described and…”
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Hydrovolvanic explosions: the systematics of water-pyroclast equilibrium by Sheridan, Michael F, Wohletz, Kenneth H

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