A Miocene coarse volcaniclastic mass-flow deposit in the Shimane Peninsula, SW Japan: Product of a deep submarine eruption?

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 131-143

  Kano, K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coarse pumice; Explosive lava collapse; Submarine eruption; Suspension; Traction; Volcaniclastic mass flow

Indexed keywords

MASS FLOW; MIOCENE; SUBMARINE ERUPTION; TRACTION STRUCTURE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

JAPAN, HONSHU, SHIMANE PENINSULA;

EID: 0030434032     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004450050131     Document Type: Article

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