Volcanology and petrology of Mathews Tuya, northern British Columbia, Canada: Glaciovolcanic constraints on interpretations of the 0.730 Ma Cordilleran paleoclimate

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 479-496

  Edwards, Benjamin R ^a   Russell, James K ^b   Simpson, Kirstie ^c  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Geoscience BC   (Canada)

Author keywords

AOB; Cordilleran; Glaciation; Mathews; NCVP; Pleistocene; Tuya

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FORMATION MECHANISM; GLACIATION; LITHOFACIES; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PETROLOGY; PHENOCRYST; PILLOW LAVA; PLEISTOCENE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC GLASS; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; VOLCANOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MATHEWS TUYA;

EID: 79959315373     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0418-z     Document Type: Article

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