Volcanic ash bands in the Frontier Mountain and Lichen Hills blue-ice fields, northern Victoria Land

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-361

  Perchiazzi, Natale ^a   Folco, Luigi ^b   Mellini, Marcello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche della Terra e dell Ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Blue ice; Frontier Mountain; Lichen Hills; Particle size; Tephra; Volcanic ash bands

Indexed keywords

PETROLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA; FRONTIER MOUNTAIN; LICHEN HILLS; VICTORIA LAND;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0033197715     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000449     Document Type: Article

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