Scaling of columnar joints in basalt

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Goehring, Lucas ^a,b   Morris, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COOLING; LAVA; MODELING; PETROLOGY;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57649229014     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005018     Document Type: Article

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