Facies analysis and depositional mechanisms of hydroclastite breccias, Acicastello, eastern Sicily

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 127-141

  Tanner, Lawrence H ^a   Calvari, Sonia ^b  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Hyaloclastite; Hydroclastite; Pillow lava; Volcaniclastic

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; DEBRIS FLOW; FACIES ANALYSIS; HYALOCLASTITE; PILLOW LAVA; SPALLING; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ITALY;

EID: 0033226575     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00097-4     Document Type: Article

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