Magnetic fabric, welding texture and strain fabric in the Nuraxi Tuff, Sardinia, Italy

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1123-1137

  Pioli, L ^a   Lanza, R ^b   Ort, M ^c   Rosi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High grade tuff; Laminar flow; Magnetic anisotropy; Rheomorphism; Sardinia; Welding

Indexed keywords

IGNIMBRITE; LAMINAR FLOW; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; TEXTURE; TUFF; VESICLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 50249185883     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-008-0194-1     Document Type: Article

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