Diverse mid-Miocene silicic volcanism associated with the Yellowstone - Newberry thermal anomaly

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-360

  Brueseke, Matthew E ^a   Hart, William K ^b   Heizler, Matthew T ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Miocene; Oregon plateau; Owyhee Humboldt; Santa Rosa Calico; Silicic; Steens basalt; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; LAVA FLOW; MAGMATISM; MIOCENE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA ROSA RANGE; UNITED STATES;

LOESELIASTRUM;

EID: 38049125612     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0142-5     Document Type: Article

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