Hybrid fall deposits in the Bishop Tuff, California: A novel pyroclastic depositional mechanism

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-10

  Wilson, Colin J N ^a   Hildreth, Wes ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES;

AIR CURRENTS; CALIFORNIA; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; PUMICE CLASTS; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; VOLCANIC HAZARDS;

DEPOSITS;

EMPLACEMENT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; DEPOSITION; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TUFF;

BISHOP TUFF; CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; BISHOP; USA;

HYBRID FALL; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031982018     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0007:HFDITB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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