Submarine, silicic, syn-eruptive pyroclastic units in the mount read volcanics, western tasmania: Influence of vent setting and proximity on lithofacies characteristics

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 140, Issue , 2003, Pages 245-258

  McPhie, Jocelyn ^a   Allen, Rodney L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Volcanic Resources Limited   (Sweden)

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EID: 84977887193     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/140GM16     Document Type: Chapter

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