The geology and petrology of Volcan San Juan (Nayarit, Mexico) and the compositionally zoned Tepic Pumice

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 109-156

  Luhr, James F ^a  

^a Dept Mineral Sci NHB 119 S ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Geology; Petrology; Plinian; Volcan San Juan

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; PETROLOGY; PLINIAN ERUPTION; QUATERNARY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0034052076     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00133-X     Document Type: Article

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