Emplacement and rheomorphic deformation of a large, lava-like rhyolitic ignimbrite: Grey's Landing, southern Idaho

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 725-743

  Andrews, Graham D M ^a,b,c   Branney, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; KINEMATICS; WELDING;

DENSITY CURRENTS; DOWNSLOPE FLOW; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; HOT PARTICLES; IGNIMBRITES; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; PYROCLASTIC DENSITY CURRENTS; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS;

SHEAR FLOW;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; EMPLACEMENT; FOLD; IGNIMBRITE; LAVA; LINEATION; MIOCENE; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; RHYOLITE; SHEAR ZONE;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951493450     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30167.1     Document Type: Article

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