The Roza member, Columbia River Basalt Group: A gigantic pahoehoe lava flow field formed by endogenous processes?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B11, 1998, Pages 27411-27445

  Thordarson, T ^a   Self, S ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; FLOOD BASALT; LAVA FLOW; PAHOEHOE; PETROGENESIS;

COLUMBIA PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0003339030     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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