Volcaniclastic Rocks, from Magmas to Sediments

This volume is an excellently written and beautifully illustrated textbook compiled by a multidisciplinary group of experts examining the production, transport and deposition of volcaniclasts (tephra and epiclasts) as well as their economic geology.

Sommario

1. Volcanoes: From Magmas to Tephra and Epivolcanoclastics 2. Eruptive Styles and Pyroclastic Deposits 3. A Common Magma Source for Upper Cenozoic Lavas and Closely Associated Ignimbrites From South-Central Andes 4. The Role of Pyroclastic Eruptions in Constructing a Volcanic Island: Linosa, Sicilian Channel, Italy 5. Peperites From the Limagne Trench (Auvergne, French Massif Central): A Distinctive Facies of Phreatomagmatic Pyroclastics. 6. History of a Semantic Drift 7. Flank

Info autore

H Leyrit, C Montenat

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: H Leyrit (Editore), H. Leyrit (Editore), C Montenat (Editore), C. Montenat (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.08.2000
• EAN: 9789056992781
• ISBN: 978-90-5699-278-1
• Pagine: 310
• Peso: 866 g
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, Petrology, Volcanology & seismology, Volcanology and seismology, Petrology, petrography and mineralogy