Structures and facies associated with the flow of subaerial basaltic lava into a deep freshwater lake: The Sulphur Creek lava flow, North Cascades, Washington

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-322

  Tucker, David S ^a   Scott, Kevin M ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lava fractures; Mount Baker; peperite; subaqueous lava; volcano water interaction

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC ANDESITE; BASALTIC LAVA; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER LAKES; GLACIAL LAKES; HIGH FLUX; HOLOCENES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; LACUSTRINE SEQUENCE; LAVA FLOWS; LAVA FRACTURES; LAVA VOLUMES; MATRIX; MOUNT BAKER; NORTH CASCADES; PEPERITE; RIVER VALLEY; SUBAQUEOUS LAVA; THERMAL FRONTS; VOLCANICLASTICS; WASHINGTON;

BASALT; FRACTURE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; MOUNTINGS; QUENCHING; RIVERS; SULFUR; VOLCANOES; WATER LEVELS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANDESITE; BASALT; EROSION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; LAVA FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT BAKER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 68349155555     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.11.028     Document Type: Article

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