Sequence, age, and source of silicic fallout tuffs in middle to late Miocene basins of the northern Basin and Range province

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 344-360

  Perkins, Michael E ^a   Brown, Francis H ^a   Nash, William P ^a   McIntosh, William ^b   Williams, S K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Southland Geotechnical   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EXPLOSIVES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; VOLCANOES;

COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; VOLCANIC CENTERS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; HIGH RESOLUTION; STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCES;

FALLOUT;

ASH FLOW; CENOZOIC; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TUFF; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0031903121     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0344:SAASOS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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