Silver Creek caldera-The tectonically dismembered source of the Peach Spring Tuff

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-6

  Ferguson, Charles A ^a   McIntosh, William C ^b   Miller, Calvin F ^c  

^a Arizona Geological Survey   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER; EASTERN EDGE; PLUTONS; SANIDINES; SPRING TUFF; STRUCTURAL DATA; WEIGHTED MEAN;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

FRUITS;

CALDERA; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLUTON; SANIDINE;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; SILVER CREEK [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84872154984     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33551.1     Document Type: Article

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