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Acid lava flow structure

(as compared to ignimbrites)

  • Ière Partie Communications Presentées Au Symposium De Catane (Septembre, 1961)
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Properties of four acid lava flows are described to evaluate typical distinctive characters from ignimbrite flows. The lamination due to fluidal structure of the acid lavas, indicating viscous flow, is the main feature to distinguish lava from ignimbrite.

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  1. Mineralogisch-Geologisch Institut, Rijksuniversiteit, Utrecht, Holland

    Martin G. Rutten

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Rutten, M.G. Acid lava flow structure. Bull Volcanol 25, 111–121 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02596544

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