Spinifex texture of native sulfur: A cooling product of sulfur flow eruptions at Shiretoko-Iwozan volcano, Hokkaido, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-104

  Imai, Akira ^a   Geshi, Nobuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Native sulfur; Shiretoko Iwozan; Spinifex texture; Sulfur flow

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; NATIVE ELEMENT GROUP; NUCLEATION; PAHOEHOE; PILLOW LAVA; TEXTURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 0041637047     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.1999.tb00035.x     Document Type: Article

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