Sizes and shapes of 10-Ma distal fall pyroclasts in the Ogallala Group, Nebraska

Journal of Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-124

  Rose, W I ^a   Riley, C M ^a   Dartevelle, S ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FALLOUT; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SHAPE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY; VOLCANIC ASH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037218689     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344668     Document Type: Article

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