Cretaceous basaltic phreatomagmatic volcanism in West Texas: Maar complex at Peña Mountain, Big Bend National Park

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 173, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 245-264

  Befus, K S ^a   Hanson, R E ^a   Lehman, T M ^b   Griffin, W R ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aguja Formation; Balcones igneous province; Cretaceous volcanism; phreatomagmatism; Trans Pecos Texas

Indexed keywords

BASALT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONCORDANT ANALYSES; CRETACEOUS VOLCANISM; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS;

VOLCANOES;

BASALT; CRATER; CRETACEOUS; DETRITUS; FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTATION; TEPHRA; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANISM;

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PECOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44149092394     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.01.021     Document Type: Article

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