The influence of palaeotopography on facies architecture and pyroclastic flow processes of a lithic-rich ignimbrite in a high gradient setting: The Abrigo Ignimbrite, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 273-315

  Pittari, A ^a   Cas, R A F ^a   Edgar, C J ^a   Nichols, H J ^b   Wolff, J A ^b   Marti J ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abrigo ignimbrite; facies architecture; lithic rich; palaeotopography; pyroclastic flow; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVES; CHANNEL FLOW; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PULSATILE FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ABRIGO IGNIMBRITE; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; LITHIC-RICH IGNIMBRITE; PALAEOTOPOGRAPHY; PYROCLASTIC FLOW;

MAPPING;

FACIES ANALYSIS; FLOW CONTROL; IGNIMBRITE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

EID: 33645870708     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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