Distinguishing between primary and secondary emplacement ...
Jan 15, 2005· [1] Rock size characteristics in rock avalanches and blocky lava flows are different and statistical techniques can be used both to distinguish between and to constrain the different emplacement mechanisms of these two processes. At the Chaos Jumbles rock avalanche deposit in California, rock sizes decrease as a function of distance. The rock avalanche mechanism is an example of a secondary ...