Origin of broken phenocrysts in ash-flow tuffs

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-73

  Best, Myron G ^a   Christiansen, Eric H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EXPLOSIVES; FELDSPAR; GLASS; QUARTZ; VOLCANOES;

EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; HOLOCRYSTALLINE; PETROGRAPHIC STUDIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE AGGREGATES; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS; STATISTICAL PROBABILITY; TEXTURAL FEATURE; ASH-FLOW TUFFS; COOLING UNIT; GREAT BASIN; LAVA FLOWS; PUMICE CLASTS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

AGGREGATE SIZE; ASH FLOW; COOLING; FELDSPAR; MAGMA; PETROGRAPHY; PHENOCRYST; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ROCK; FRAGMENTATION; PHENOCLAST; TEXTURE; TUFF;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 84875000215     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0063:OOBPIA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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