Fractures in welded tuff

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 408, Issue , 2006, Pages 17-31

  Wohletz, Kenneth ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; TUFF; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO;

EID: 84872067498     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2408(2.3)     Document Type: Article

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