Contribution of grain size and compositional data from the Bengal Fan sediment to the understanding of Toba volcanic event

Marine Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 561-572

  Gasparotto, Giorgio ^a   Spadafora, Elena ^b   Summa, Vito ^c   Tateo, Fabio ^c  

^a Dipto Sci Terra/Geologico Ambienta   (Italy)

^b AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bengal Fan; Fall deposits; Glass chemistry; Grain size; Toba Tephra

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SUBMARINE FAN; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0034651126     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00090-0     Document Type: Article

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