Measuring the density of porous volcanic rocks in the field using a saran coating

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 460-464

  Mayfield, Jason Dallas ^a,b   Schiffman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparatus; Earth science teaching laboratory; Education undergraduate; Field geology; Geology teaching

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; EDUCATION; FIELD METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EID: 0032469892     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-46.5.460     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Bailey, R.A., 1989, Geologic map of the Long Valley Caldera, Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain, and vicinity, eastern California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-1933, scale 1:62500.
2. National Soil Survey Center, 1996, Soil Survey Investigations Report No. 42, Version 3.0: Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual, p. 117-120.
3. Ragan, D.M. and Sheriden, M.F., 1972, Compaction of the Bishop Tuff, California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 83, p. 95-106.