Voluminous low δ18O magmas in the late Miocene Heise volcanic field, Idaho: Implications for the fate of Yellowstone hotspot calderas

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1019-1022

  Bindeman, Ilya N ^a   Watts, Kathryn E ^a   Schmitt, Axel K ^b   Morgan, Lisa A ^c   Shanks, Pat W C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caldera; Low 18O; Oxygen isotopes; Remelting; U Pb age; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; MAGMA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CALDERA; HOT SPOT; IGNIMBRITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MAGMA; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

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

EID: 37449030200     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24141A.1     Document Type: Article

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