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Descriptive nomenclature and classification of pyroclastic deposits and fragments

Recommendations of the IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks

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  • Volume 70, pages 794–799 (1981)
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Die „IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks“ unterbreitet hier ihre Empfehlungen für die Benennung und Klassifizierung pyroklastischer sowie gemischt pyroklastisch-epiklastischer Ablagerungen auf Grund deskriptiver, hauptsächlich granulometrischer, Kriterien. Diese Empfehlungen sind das Resultat einer internationalen Umfrage mittels Fragebogen, die sich über die letzten vier Jahre erstreckte.

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The IUGS Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks herein presents its recommendations on the nomenclature and classification of pyroclastic and mixed pyroclastic-epiclastic deposits using descriptive, mainly granulometric, criteria. The recommendations are the result of an international inquiry by means of questionnaires during the last four years.

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La »Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks« de l'IUGS présente ici ses recommendations pour la dénomination et la classification des roches pyroclastiques et pyroclastiques-épiclastiques selon arguments descriptives, surtout granulométriques. Ces recommendations représentent le résultat d'une enquête internationale exécutée pendant les quatres années passées.

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    Schmid, R. Descriptive nomenclature and classification of pyroclastic deposits and fragments. Geol Rundsch 70, 794–799 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01822152

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