Genesis of flood basalts and Basin and Range volcanic rocks from Steens Mountain to the Malheur River Gorge, Oregon

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-128

  Camp, Victor E ^a   Ross, Martin E ^b   Hanson, William E ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin and Range province; Columbia River basalt; Flood basalt; Mantle plume; Oregon; Steens basalt

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE LAVA;

BASALT; COMPOSITION; FLOODS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; PETROGENESIS; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037281245     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0105:GOFBAB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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