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A Primary Lineation at the Base of Certain Kenya Lava Flows1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Joseph McCall
Joseph McCall
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia.
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Abstract

Fluting (magmatic rolls ?) resembling flow-cast structures in sediments is recorded from certain Kenya lava flows. It is attributed to flowage of underlying moist sediments under the weight of the overriding lava flow.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 101 , Issue 3 , 22 June 1964 , pp. 271 - 273
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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Footnotes

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Published with the permission of the Commissioner, Kenya Geological Survey.

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