Recurrent eruption and subsidence at the Platoro caldera complex, southeastern San Juan volcanic field, Colorado: New tales from old tuffs

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1039-1055

  Lipman, Peter W ^a   Dungan, Michael A ^b   Brown, Laurie L ^c   Deino, Alan ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; SILICA;

ASH-FLOW SHEET; ASH-FLOW TUFFS; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; POST-COLLAPSE; RAPID REGENERATION; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; SILICIC MAGMAS; VOLCANIC FIELD; LARGE VOLUMES; LIFE SPAN;

SUBSIDENCE;

CALDERA; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DACITE; MAGMA; RHYOLITE; STOPING; SUBSIDENCE; TERTIARY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ASSIMILATION; TUFF;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; PLATORO CALDERA; SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD; USA;

EID: 0030447730     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1039:REASAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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