Rhyolites and associated deposits of the Valles-Toledo caldera complex

New Mexico Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-18

  Gardner, Jamie N ^a   Goff, Fraser ^b   Kelley, Shari ^c   Jacobs, Elaine ^a  

^a University of New Mexico ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY; RHYOLITE; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

JEMEZ MOUNTAINS; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES; VALLES CALDERA;

KATSUWONUS PELAMIS;

EID: 77950195976     PISSN: 0196948X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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