Origin of widespread, exceptionally thick basaltic phreatomagmatic tuff breccia in the Middle Jurassic Prebble ad Mawson Formations, Antarctica

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 183-201

  Elliot, D H ^a   Hanson, R E ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ferrar; Jurrasic; Phreatomagmatic; Tuff breccia

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FLOODS; MIXTURES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BASALTIC PYRICLASTIC ACTIVITY;

VOLCANOES;

BRECCIA; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FLOOD BASALT; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; PHREATOMAGMATISM; TUFF;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0035517751     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(01)00226-8     Document Type: Article

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