Fulgurite morphology: A classification scheme and clues to formation

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 477-492

  Pasek, Matthew A ^a   Block, Kristin ^b   Pasek, Virginia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Free Radical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact metamorphism; Fulgurite; Lechatelierite; Silicides

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLASS; METAMORPHISM; SAND; SILICA; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84865652639     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-012-0753-5     Document Type: Article

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