Syn- and post-fragmentation textures in submarine pyroclasts from Lōihi Seamount, Hawai

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 93-106

  Schipper, C Ian ^a   White, James D L ^a   Houghton, Bruce F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Loihi; microlites; pyroclastic; subaqueous; vesicularity

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC MELTS; CLOSED SYSTEMS; CONTROLLED COOLING; GRAIN SIZE; MICROLITE TEXTURES; MICROLITES; NUMBER DENSITY; TEXTURAL ANALYSIS; VESICULARITY;

DEGASSING; DEPOSITS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEAWATER; SUBMARINES;

TEXTURES;

DEGASSING; MAGMA; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SEAMOUNT; TEXTURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

LOIHI SEAMOUNT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77649179769     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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