Obispo Formation, California: Remobilized pyroclastic material

US Geological Survey Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 1995 M, 1996, Pages

  Schneider, Jean Luc ^a   Fisher, Richard V ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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