Block size distributions on silicic lava flow surfaces: Implications for emplacement conditions

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1258-1267

  Anderson, Steven W ^a,d   Stofan, Ellen R ^b   Plaut, Jeffrey J ^b   Crown, David A ^c  

^a BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMES; EXTRUSION;

COOLING RATES; EMPLACEMENT CONDITIONS; ERUPTION RATES; EXTRUSION RATES; LAVA FLOW EMPLACEMENTS; SIZE OF BLOCKS; STRESS CONDITION; THERMAL PROCESS;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

HOLOCENE; LAVA FLOW; VOLCANISM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879886142     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<1258:BSDOSL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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