Subsidence of a volcanic basin by flexure and lower crustal flow: The eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-220

  McQuarrie, Nadine ^a,b,c   Rodgers, David W ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL FLEXURE; HOT SPOT; SUBSIDENCE; VOLCANIC BASIN;

USA, IDAHO, SNAKE RIVER PLAIN;

EID: 0031818773     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC03762     Document Type: Article

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