The yellowstone hotspot: Plume or not?

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 479-480

  Fouch, Matthew J ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL PLUME; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84861387401     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/focus052012.1     Document Type: Note

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