Tectonic controls on the nature of large silicic calderas in volcanic arcs

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 627-630

  Hughes, Gwyneth R ^a   Mahood, Gail A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calderas; Continental margins; Island arcs; Quaternary; Rhyolites; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CALDERAS; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; ISLAND ARCS; QUATERNARY; RHYOLITES; VOLCANISM;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

CALDERA; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; ISLAND ARC; PLATE CONVERGENCE; QUATERNARY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPPER CRUST; VOLCANISM;

EID: 50349101050     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24796A.1     Document Type: Article

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