The occurrence and origin of prominent massive, pumice-rich ignimbrite lobes within the Late Pleistocene Abrigo Ignimbrite, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 271-293

  Pittari, Adrian ^a   Cas, R A F ^a   Marti J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depositional processes; Flow decoupling; Flow lobe; Ignimbrite segregation; Pumice; Pyroclastic flow

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVES; COAL ASH; CRYSTALS; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

BEDFORMS; CLAST SIZES; IGNIMBRITE LOBES; LITHICS;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

IGNIMBRITE; PLEISTOCENE; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE; WORLD;

EID: 10844287803     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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