Eruptive styles and inferences about plumbing systems at Hidden Cone and Little Black Peak scoria cone volcanoes (Nevada, U.S.A.)

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-113

  Valentine, Greg A ^a   Keating, Gordon N ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dike; Scoria cone; Southwest Nevada Volcanic Field

Indexed keywords

DIKE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; LAVA; MANTLE SOURCE; NORMAL FAULT; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548312136     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0123-8     Document Type: Article

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