Melt fracturing and healing: A mechanism for degassing and origin of silicic obsidian

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-70

  Cabrera, Agustín ^a   Weinberg, Roberto F ^a   Wright, Heather M N ^a,b   Zlotnik, Sergio ^a   Cas, Ray A F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT SURFACES; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LOW WATER-CONTENT; LOWER PRESSURES; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SHEAR HEATING; TIME-SCALES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; WATER LOSS;

DEGASSING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

WATER CONTENT;

DEGASSING; FAULTING; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FRACTURE ZONE; OBSIDIAN; P-T CONDITIONS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY;

ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY;

EID: 78751488415     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31355.1     Document Type: Article

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