Volcanic glass textures, shape characteristics and compositions of phreatomagmatic rock units from the Western Hungarian monogenetic volcanic fields and their implications for magma fragmentation

Central European Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-419

  Németh, Károly ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

fractal; fragmentation; MFCI; shape; sideromelane; volcanic glass

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957652918     PISSN: 18961517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10085-010-0015-6     Document Type: Article

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