A new model for the emplacement of Columbia River basalts as large, inflated pahoehoe lava flow fields

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2689-2692

  Self, S ^a   Thordarson, Th ^b   Keszthelyi, L ^a   Walker, G P L ^a   Hon, K ^c   Murphy, M T ^d   Long, P ^d   Finnemore, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TEXTURES;

COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS; ICELANDS; KILAUEA; LAVA FLOWS; PAHOEHOE FLOWS; SHEETFLOWS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WASHINGTON;

BASALT;

LAVA FLOWS;

COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT; LAVA FLOW; PAHOEHOE;

USA, IDAHO; USA, OREGON; USA, WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030235842     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02450     Document Type: Article

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