Petrologic constraints on the development of a large-volume, high temperature, silicic magma system: The Twin Falls eruptive centre, central Snake River Plain

Lithos

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 475-489

  Ellis, Ben S ^a   Barry, Tiffany ^b   Branney, Michael J ^a   Wolff, John A ^c   Bindeman, Ilya ^d   Wilson, Rob ^a   Bonnichsen, Bill ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotspot; Ignimbrite; Magma chamber; Rhyolite; Super eruption; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; HETEROGENEITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOT SPOT; IGNIMBRITE; MAGMA CHAMBER; PETROLOGY; PIGEONITE; PROTOLITH; RHYOLITE; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; TWIN FALLS COUNTY; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE VOLCANIC PLATEAU;

EID: 78649447460     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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