A scanning electron microscope study of post-depositional changes in the northeast Nigde ignimbrites, South Central Anatolia, Turkey

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-141

  Yurtmen, S ^a   Rowbotham, G ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compaction; Devitrification; Glassy; Hydration; Ignimbrite; Nigde; Sphe rulitic; Vapour phase; Welding

Indexed keywords

IGNIMBRITE; MINERAL ALTERATION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RECRYSTALLIZATION;

NIGDE; TURKEY;

EID: 0032896532     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646199548259     Document Type: Article

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