Episodic volcanism and hot mantle: Implications for volcanic hazard studies at the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

GSA Today

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 4-10

  Smith, Eugene I ^a   Keenan, Deborah L ^a   Plank, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MANTLE; NUCLEAR POWER; REPOSITORY; VOLCANISM;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0036288698     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2002)012<0004:evahmi>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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