Zeolitic occurrences from tertiary pyroclastic flows and related epiclastic deposits outcropping in northern sardinia (Italy)

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-313

  Morbidelli, Paola ^a   Ghiara, Maria Rosaria ^b   Lonis, Roberto ^c   Sau, Antonio ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Progemisa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Base surge deposits; Clinoptilolite; Epiclastite; Pyroclastic flows; Sardinia; Transformation processes; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006101727     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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