Kulshan caldera: A Quaternary subglacial caldera in the North Cascades, Washington

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 786-793

  Hildreth, Wes ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALLOUT;

BASEMENT ROCKS; CALDERA-FORMING ERUPTION; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; EARLY PLEISTOCENE; LAKE SEDIMENTS; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PUGET LOWLANDS; SUBSIDENCE AREAS; CRATER LAKE; IGNIMBRITES; NORTH CASCADES; RHYODACITES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

LAKES;

BASEMENT ROCK; CALDERA; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PLEISTOCENE; PUMICE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SUBGLACIAL ACTIVITY; VOLCANISM;

CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; CASCADES; KULSHAN CALDERA; USA; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030468588     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0786:KCAQSC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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