| Reference Type | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
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| Title | Micro-forms of hay-silica glass and of volcanic glass |
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| Journal | Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society |
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| Authors | Baker, George | Author |
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| Year | 1968 (September) | Volume | 36 |
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| Issue | 283 |
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| Publisher | Mineralogical Society |
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| Download URL | https://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_36/36-283-1012.pdf+ |
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| DOI | doi:10.1180/minmag.1968.283.036.14Search in ResearchGate |
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| Mindat Ref. ID | 6195 | Long-form Identifier | mindat:1:5:6195:1 |
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| Full Reference | Baker, George (1968) Micro-forms of hay-silica glass and of volcanic glass. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 36 (283) 1012-1023 doi:10.1180/minmag.1968.283.036.14 |
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| Plain Text | Baker, George (1968) Micro-forms of hay-silica glass and of volcanic glass. Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, 36 (283) 1012-1023 doi:10.1180/minmag.1968.283.036.14 |
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| In | (1966) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 36 (283) Mineralogical Society |
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| Abstract/Notes | SummaryIn view of recently reported microtektites in deep-sea sediments north-west, south-west, and south of Australia, attention is drawn to the occurrence of minute forms of hay-silica glass among the products of incineration of opal-bearing vegetation in haystacks, and to the minute forms of volcanic glass ejected in lava fountains. These terrestrial micro-forms of glass have properties within the range of those for the fossil glassy bodies named ‘microtektites’. It is possible that the fusion of opal contained in silica-accumulator plants during fierce, prehistoric forest, bush, and grass fires in Australia generated micro-forms of glass that became readily airborne and drifted away in up-currents. Carried by the south-east Trades, they would ultimately descend over the Wharton Basin in the Indian Ocean. Strong to violent northerlies and north-easterlies (Brickfielder Winds) would carry them over the ocean south and south-west of Australia. Thus they could contribute to the deposits of bodies of glass regarded as microtektites in deep-sea sediments. Many microbodies of glass in the Wharton Basin could have had their origin in the Javanese volcanic eruptions. |
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