Parameters controlling the density of welded ignimbrites-A case study on the Incesu Ignimbrite, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-357

  Lepetit, P ^a   Viereck Goette, L ^a   Schumacher, R ^b   Mues Schumacher, U ^b   Abratis, M ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cappadocia; Content of phenocrysts and xenoliths; Density; Ignimbrite; Incesu Ignimbrite

Indexed keywords

ASH FLOW; DEGASSING; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS ROCK; IGNIMBRITE; LITHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHENOCRYST; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TUFF; XENOLITH;

CAPPADOCIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 71749119948     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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