Lithic breccias in intermediate volume phonolitic ignimbrites, Tenerife (Canary Islands): constraints on pyroclastic flow depositional processes

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 269-296

  Bryan, S E ^a   Cas, R A F ^a   Marti J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNIMBRITE; LITHIC BRECCIA; PYROCLASTIC FLOW;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0031685598     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(98)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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