Growth of an emergent tuff cone: Fragmentation and depositional processes recorded in the Capelas tuff cone, São Miguel, Azores

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 246-266

  Solgevik, Henrik ^a   Mattsson, Hannes B ^a,b   Hermelin, Otto ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Azores; depositional processes; facies; phreatomagmatic; Scanning Electron Microscopy; Surtseyan; tuff cone

Indexed keywords

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

FACIES; MAGMATIC FRAGMENTATION; PHREATOMAGMATIC; TUFF CONE;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

DEPOSITION; LAVA FLOW; PHREATOMAGMATISM; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845579173     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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