Kimberlite ash: Fact or fiction

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 45-46, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-32

  Porritt, L A ^a   Russell, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eruption; Glass transition; Kimberlite; Vitric ash

Indexed keywords

ERUPTION; GRAIN SHAPES; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH INTENSITY; KIMBERLITE; KIMBERLITE PIPES; MAGMA FRAGMENTATION; MINERAL GRAINS; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS; RAPID COOLING; TIME-SCALES; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANICLASTICS;

GLASS TRANSITION; ROCK PRODUCTS; SERPENTINE; VOLCANOES;

DEPOSITS;

COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; KIMBERLITE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84863783898     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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