A guide to the Mule Creek volcanic vent, the rhyolite of Potholes Country, and obsidian ledges, Gila National Forest, southwestern New Mexico

New Mexico Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 111-122

  Ratté, James C ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMAROLE; OBSIDIAN; RHYOLITE;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144274869     PISSN: 0196948X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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