Debris flow deposits within the Palaeogene lava fields of NW Scotland: Evidence for mass wasting of the volcanic landscape during emplacement of the Ardnamurchan Central Complex

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 847-868

  Brown, David J ^a,b   Bell, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ardnamurchan Central Complex; Conglomerates; Debris flows; Mass wasting; Palaeo geography; Palaeogene flood basalts; Volcaniclastic

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BRECCIA; CONGLOMERATE; DEBRIS FLOW; DIABASE; EMPLACEMENT; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAVA FLOW; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SANDSTONE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ARDNAMURCHAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447520222     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0114-9     Document Type: Article

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