Compositions of glass in proximal tephras from eruptions in the Azores archipelago and their links with distal sites in Ireland

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2017, Pages 120-128

  Johansson, Hans ^a   Lind, Ewa M ^a   Wastegård, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Azores archipelago; EMPA; Faial; Glass composition; Ireland; S o Miguel; Tephra

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GLASS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRATOVOLCANO; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AZORES; CAPE VERDE [MACARONESIA]; FAIAL; FOGO; IRELAND; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL; SETE CIDADES VOLCANO;

EID: 84994726504     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2016.07.006     Document Type: Article

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