An Upper Pliocene coarse pumice breccia generated by a shallow submarine explosive eruption, Milos, Greece

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-28

  Stewart, Andrew L ^a   McPhie, Jocelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coarse lithic breccia; Coarse rhyolitic pumice; Gravity currents; Submarine explosive eruption; Suspension; Volcaniclastic succession

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; PLIOCENE; PUMICE; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MILOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642440137     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-003-0292-z     Document Type: Article

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