The Kizilkaya ignimbrite - An unusual low-aspect-ratio ignimbrite from Cappadocia, central Turkey

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 107-121

  Schumacher, R ^a,b   Mues Schumacher, U ^a  

^a Mineralogisch Petrographisches I   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNIMBRITE; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE; TEXTURE; WELDING;

TURKEY, CAPPADOCIAN VOLCANIC PROVINCE;

EID: 0029770046     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0273(95)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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