Bypassing and diachronous deposition from density currents: Evidence from a giant regressive bed form in the Poris ignimbrite, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 445-448

  Brown, R J ^a   Branney, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed form; Bypassing; Hazard; Ignimbrite; Pyroclastic density current

Indexed keywords

BYPASSING; PYROCLASTIC LOADS; REGRESSIVE BED FORMS; TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS;

EROSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; TURBIDITY; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

VOLCANOES;

BEDFORM; HAZARD; IGNIMBRITE; REGRESSION; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 2442538877     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20188.1     Document Type: Article

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