The morphology and origin of wide craters at Al Haruj al Abyad, Libya: Maars and phreatomagmatism in a large intracontinental flood lava field?

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 417-439

  Németh, Károly ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; MAAR; PHREATOMAGMATISM; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 32044447900     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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