Welded block and ash flow deposits from Mount Meager, British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 121-144

  Michol, K A ^a   Russell, J K ^a   Andrews, G D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

block and ash flow deposit; density; porosity; pyroclastic; strain; welding

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GLASS TRANSITION; MORPHOLOGY; POROSITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ASH FLOW DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW DEPOSITS; RHYODACITIC BLOCK;

VOLCANOES;

ASH FLOW; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS; MOUNT MEAGER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38149002960     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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