The color of pumice: Case study on a trachytic fall deposit, Meidob volcanic field, Sudan

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-185

  Paulick, H ^a,b   Franz, G ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black pumice; Brown pumice; Buff pumice; Color of pumices; Holocene volcanism in Sudan; Meidob volcanic field; Microcrysts; Streaky pumice; Trachytic pumice deposit

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PUMICE; TRACHYTE; VOLCANISM;

SUDAN, MEIDOB FIELD;

EID: 0031425972     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004450050184     Document Type: Article

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