Deconvolution of pyroclastic grain-size spectra for interpretation of transport mechanisms: An application to the AD 79 Vesuvio deposits

Sedimentology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 913-926

  Lirer, Lucio ^a   Sheridan, Mike ^b   Vinci, Anna ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

ITALY, CAMPANIA, MOUNT VESUVIUS;

EID: 0030438271     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1996.tb01511.x     Document Type: Article

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