A lava flow without a source: The Cohassett flow and its compositional components, Sentinel Bluffs Member, Columbia River Basalt Group

Journal of Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Reidel, Stephen P ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA FLOW; MIOCENE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244261147     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425966     Document Type: Article

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