Petrology of Recent lava flows, Volcano Mountain, Yukon Territory, Canada

Lithos

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-78

  Trupia, S ^a   Nicholls, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAVA FLOW; NEPHELINITE; OLIVINE; QUATERNARY; VOLCANISM;

CANADA, YUKON TERRITORY, VOLCANO MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0029729807     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0024-4937(95)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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