The evolution of North Sister: A volcano shaped by extension and ice in the central Oregon Cascade Arc

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 643-662

  Schmidt, Mariek E ^a,b   Grunder, Anita L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascade Arc; Dike swarm; Oregon; Subglacial volcanism; Three Sisters

Indexed keywords

CASCADE ARC; DIKE SWARM; OREGON; SUBGLACIAL VOLCANISM; THREE SISTERS;

BUILDINGS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; LAKES; LEVEES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; OLIVINE; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

DIKE SWARM; EROSION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; ISLAND ARC; LAVA FLOW; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCONFORMITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; THREE SISTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949142455     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26442.1     Document Type: Article

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