Vitriclastic lithofacies from Macquarie Island (Southern Ocean): Compositional influence on abyssal eruption explosivity in a dying Miocene spreading ridge

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-183

  Portner, Ryan A ^a   Daczko, Nathan R ^a   Dickinson, Julie A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep marine; Explosive; Hyaloclastite; Macquarie Island; Mid ocean ridge; Pyroclastic; Volcaniclastic

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL ZONE; BRECCIA; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HYALOCLASTITE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; LITHOFACIES; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MIOCENE; OCEANIC CRUST; PILLOW LAVA; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TUFF; VENTING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77952886988     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0312-8     Document Type: Article

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