Mafic, large-volume, pyroclastic density current deposits from phreatomagmatic eruptions in the ferrar large igneous province, Antarctica

Journal of Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 627-649

  Ross, Pierre Simon ^a   White, James D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; JURASSIC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 27744550625     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/449324     Document Type: Article

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