Facies architecture of an isolated long-lived, nested polygenetic silicic tuff ring erupted in a braided river system: The Los Loros volcano, Mendoza, Argentina

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 239-240, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-48

  Nemeth K ^a   Risso, C ^b   Nullo, F ^c   Smith, I E M ^d   Pecskay Z ^e  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Braided river; Lava dome; Maar; Phreatomagmatic; Silicic; Tuff ring; Welding

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; LAVA DOME; MAAR; PHREATOMAGMATIC; SILICIC; TUFF-RING;

DEPOSITS; WELDING;

VOLCANOES;

ASH FLOW; BASALT; BRAIDED RIVER; CRATER; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FACIES; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAVA DOME; LAVA FLOW; MAAR; MAFIC ROCK; PALEOSOL; PHONOLITE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RIVER SYSTEM; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA;

EID: 84862740314     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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