Preferred clast orientation in volcaniclastic mass-flow deposits: Application of a new photo-statistical method

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 823-835

  Karátson, Dávid ^a   Sztanó, Orsolya ^a   Telbisz, Tamás ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAST; GRAVITY FLOW; PHOTOGRAPH; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; BRECCIA; DEBRIS FLOW; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMBRICATION; ORIENTATION;

ALIGNMENT; MASS TRANSFER; ROCKS; STATISTICS;

BLOCK-AND-ASH FLOW DEPOSITS; DEBRIS FLOW DEPOSITS; FABRIC STRENGTH; FIELD MEASUREMENT; MANUAL MEASUREMENTS; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; VOLCANICLASTICS;

DEPOSITS;

ARGENTINA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHILE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; FRANCE; HUNGARY; INDONESIA; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; ROMANIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0038330765     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/040402720823     Document Type: Article

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