Nature of Glass in New Zealand Ignimbrites
โ Scribed by MARTIN, R. C.; LEWIS, J. F.
- Book ID
- 109625783
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1963
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 266 KB
- Volume
- 197
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
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Ignimbrite morphology, previously generalised using aspect ratios, is here quantified as the relationships between the various thicknesses of material forming an ignimbrite and the areas and volumes represented by those thicknesses. The morphology can be measured for the deposit in its present-day,
Ignimbrites from the central North Island consist mainly of glass or its devitrified product (70-95 %); their phenocryst mineralogy is varied and includes plag., hyp., ti-mag., ilm., aug., hblende, blot., san., qtz, ol., with accessory apatite, zircon and pyrrhotite. The Fe-Mg minerals can be used