Sedimentary record of caldera-forming eruptions, Eocene Challis volcanic field, Idaho

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-252

  Palmer, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FAULTING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SANDSTONE;

BASE LEVEL CHANGE; CALDERA-FORMING ERUPTION; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; MULTICHANNEL SYSTEM; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SINGLE CHANNEL SYSTEM; THICKNESS RATIO; VOLCANIC FIELD; SHALLOW CHANNELS;

SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CALDERA; EOCENE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAMINAR FLOW; MUDSTONE; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SIZE STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; CALDERA FORMATION; GRAIN SIZE; RIVER SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION;

CHALLIS VALLEY; IDAHO; UNITED STATES; CHALLIS VOLCANIC FIELD; USA;

EID: 0030809358     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0242:SROCFE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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