Origin and stratigraphy of phreatomagmatic deposits at the Pleistocene Sinker Butte Volcano, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 319-339

  Brand, Brittany D ^a   White, Craig M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

base surge; lava dam; phreatomagmatic; Snake River Plain; tuff cone

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; RIVERS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

BASE SURGE; LAVA DAM; PHREATOMAGMATIC DEPOSITS; SINKER BUTTE; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN;

STRATIGRAPHY;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LAVA FLOW; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHRA; TUFF; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846277654     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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