Transport and deposition in the May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens blast flow

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-158

  Bursik, Marcus I ^a   Kurbatov, Andrei V ^a   Sheridan, Michael F ^a   Woods, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GRAVITATION; SAMPLING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BLOW DOWN; DEPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISTANCE SUPPORTS; GRAIN SIZE; MOUNT ST. HELENS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; STATISTICAL SAMPLING;

PARALLEL FLOW;

DEPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SETTLING MECHANISM; TRANSPORT;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT SAINT HELENS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; MOUNT ST HELENS; USA; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031981220     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0155:TADITM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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