Neogene Fallout Tuffs from the Yellowstone Hotspot in the Columbia Plateau Region, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, USA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Nash, Barbara P ^a   Perkins, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON;

ARTICLE; FALLOUT; FAUNA; FLORA; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NEOGENE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO;

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FOSSILS; GLASS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; IDAHO; NEVADA; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; OREGON; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANTS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84867473135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044205     Document Type: Article

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