Large-volume rhyolite genesis in caldera complexes of the Snake River Plain: Insights from the Kilgore Tuff of the Heise volcanic field, Idaho, with comparison to Yellowstone and Bruneau-Jarbidge rhyolites

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 857-890

  Watts, Kathryn E ^a   Bindeman, Ilya N ^a   Schmitt, Axel K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caldera; Heise; Oxygen isotopes; Rhyolite; Snake river plain; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; CRYSTALLIZATION; HOT SPOT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ION MICROPROBE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; RHYOLITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; ZIRCON;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE CALDERA;

GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS;

EID: 79955439840     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egr005     Document Type: Article

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