Origin and tectonic implications of across-strike geochemical variations in the Eocene Absaroka Volcanic Province, United States

Journal of Geology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-346

  Feeley, T C ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; STRIKE (GEOLOGY); TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038174548     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/373972     Document Type: Article

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