A mantle plume beneath California? The mid-Miocene Lovejoy Flood Basalt, northern California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 438, Issue , 2008, Pages 551-572

  Garrison, Noah J ^a   Busby, Cathy J ^a   Gans, Phillip B ^a   Putirka, Keith ^b   Wagner, David L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia River Basalt; Flood basalt; Lovejoy basalt; Mantle plume; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FLOODS; MAPPING; RIVERS; THERMAL PLUMES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS; FLOOD BASALT; LOVEJOY; MANTLE PLUME; YELLOWSTONES;

BASALT;

FISSURE; FLOOD BASALT; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MIOCENE; SOURCE ROCK;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; COLUMBIA RIVER; IMNAHA RIVER; OREGON; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE RIVER;

EID: 75249084809     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2438(20)     Document Type: Article

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