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Table of Contents - Special Paper 408Tuffs — Their Properties, Uses, Hydrology, and Resourcesedited by Grant Heiken |
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| Abstract | 1 | |
| 1. | Introduction G. Heiken |
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| 2.1 | Where do tuffs fit into the framework of volcanoes? R.V. Fisher, G. Heiken, and M. Mazzoni |
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| 2.2 | Tuff mineralogy D. Vaniman |
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| 2.3 | Fractures in welded tuff K. Wohletz |
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| 3. | Geotechnical properties of tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada Compiled by M. Ciancia and edited by G. Heiken |
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| 4.1 | The hydrology of tuffs R.C. Smyth and J.M. Sharp Jr. |
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| 4.2 | Hydrogeology of the city of Rome A. Corazza, G. Giordano, and D. de Rita |
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| 5. | Construction in regions with tuff deposits R. Funiciello, G. Heiken, R. Levich, J. Obenholzner, and V. Petrov |
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| 6. | A case study — Ancient Rome was built with volcanic stone from the Roman land D. de Rita and C. Giampaolo |
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