Evaluation of models for the origin of Miocene low-δ18O rhyolites of the Yellowstone/Columbia River Large Igneous Province

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 313-314, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-55

  Boroughs, S ^a   Wolff, J A ^a   Ellis, B S ^a   Bonnichsen, B ^b   Larson, P B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxygen isotopes; Snake River Plain; Volume; Yellowstone hotspot

Indexed keywords

RIVERS;

IDAHO BATHOLITH; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; OVERLAPPING SYSTEMS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; VOLUME; VOLUME CONSTRAINT; YELLOWSTONE HOTSPOT;

GRANITE;

GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MIOCENE; MODELING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; RHYOLITE;

COLUMBIA RIVER; IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER PLAIN; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE RIVER;

EID: 82655183867     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.039     Document Type: Article

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