Large-magnitude Middle Ordovician volcanic ash falls in North America and Europe: Dimensions, emplacement and post-emplacement characteristics

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 285-301

  Huff, W D ^a   Kolata, D R ^b   Bergstrom S M ^c   Zhang, Y S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co ignimbrite; Iapetus; K bentonite; Ordovician; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DUST; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); QUARTZ; SILICON; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

BENTONITES; EMPLACEMENT; EUROPE; GRAIN SIZE MEASUREMENTS; NORTH AMERICA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; POST EMPLACEMENT; PYROCLASTIC MATERIALS; SILICIC MAGMA; VOLCANIC ASH FALLS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BENTONITE; IGNIMBRITE; ORDOVICIAN; VOLCANIC ASH;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030265329     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-0273(96)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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