Stratigraphy of the Kos Plateau Tuff: Product of a major Quaternary explosive rhyolitic eruption in the eastern Aegean, Greece

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 132-156

  Allen, S R ^a,c   Stadlbauer, E ^b,d   Keller, J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d Institut für Denkmalpflege   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archipelago; Eastern Aegean; Kos Plateau Tuff; Pyroclastic; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 0033400450     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050251     Document Type: Article

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