Morphological and textural diversity of the Steens Basalt lava flows, Southeastern Oregon, USA: Implications for emplacement style and nature of eruptive episodes

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 999-1019

  Bondre, Ninad R ^a   Hart, William K ^b  

^a Nature Publishing Group Palgrave Macmillan   (United Kingdom)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A'a; Emplacement; Lava flows; Morphology; Pahoehoe; Steens Basalt; Texture

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; EMPLACEMENT; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; FLOOD BASALT; LAVA FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; PAHOEHOE; PLAGIOCLASE; STRAIN RATE; TEXTURE; VISCOSITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; STEENS MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47249114899     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0182-x     Document Type: Article

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