Late Silurian volcanism in coastal Maine: The Cranberry Island series

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 686-708

  Seaman, Sheila J ^f   Scherer, Erik E ^c   Wobus, Reinhard A ^a   Zimmer, Jonathan H ^b,d   Sales, J Gregory ^b,e  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Digital Tool Inc   (United States)

^e Livingston Development   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLCANOES;

BACK-ARC EXTENSIONS; BASALTIC LAVA FLOW; BIMODAL CHARACTERS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; LARGE ION LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC SUCCESSIONS;

BASALT;

FELSIC ROCK; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SILURIAN; VOLCANISM;

CRANBERRY ISLAND; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032846951     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0686:LSVICM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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