Folds, fabrics, and kinematic criteria in rheomorphic ignimbrites of the Snake River Plain, Idaho: Insights into emplacement and flow

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages 311-327

  Andrews, Graham D M ^a   Branney, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ignimbrite; Rheomorphic tuff; Rhyolite; Shear zone; Sheath fold

Indexed keywords

IGNIMBRITES; RHEOMORPHIC TUFF; RHYOLITE; SHEAR ZONE; SHEATH FOLD;

TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 38049109489     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2005.fld006(15)     Document Type: Article

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