Somers Ignimbrite Formation: Cretaceous high-grade ignimbrites from South Island, New Zealand

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 39-57

  Smith, T R ^a   Cole, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calc alkaline; Cretaceous; Petrography; Somers Ignimbrite; Stratigraphy; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

AUTOBRECCIATION; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; COMPOSITIONAL LAYERING; CRETACEOUS; IGNIMBRITE; PETROGRAPHY; RHEOMORPHISM;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, CANTERBURY, MOUNT SOMERS;

EID: 0030913282     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(96)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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