Lateral variations within coarse co-ignimbrite lithic breccias of the Kos Plateau Tuff, Greece

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 356-377

  Allen, S R ^a,b   Cas, R A F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co ignimbrite lithic breccia; Fines poor; Ignimbrite; Kos Plateau Tuff; Lateral variations; Lithic breccia; Pyroclastic density current

Indexed keywords

IGNIMBRITE; LITHIC BRECCIA; TUFF;

GREECE;

EID: 0031845876     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004450050197     Document Type: Article

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