Glassy fragmental rocks of Macquarie Island (Southern Ocean): Mechanism of formation and deposition

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 216, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 91-103

  Dickinson, J A ^a   Harb, N ^a   Portner, R A ^a   Daczko, N R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia Pacific plate boundary; Breccia; Hyaloclastite; Sedimentary; Volcanogenic

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GLASS; LITHIFICATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PILLOW LAVA; PLATE BOUNDARY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPREADING CENTER; TALUS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67349218426     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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