Construction in regions with tuff deposits

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 408, Issue , 2006, Pages 119-126

  Funiciello, R ^a   Heiken, G ^b   Levich, R ^b   Obenholzner, J ^c   Petrov, V ^d  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Museum of Natural History ^*

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; TUFF; VOLCANIC BELT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84872085648     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2408(05)     Document Type: Article

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