Tectonically controlled piecemeal caldera collapse: A case study of Glencoe volcano, Scotland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1448-1466

  Moore, Ian ^a,b   Kokelaar, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Texaco Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; VOLCANOES;

CALDERA-FORMING ERUPTION; FLUVIAL EROSION; MAGMATIC PLUMBINGS; NORMAL DISPLACEMENT; PHREATOMAGMATIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; VOLCANIC HISTORY;

FAULTING;

CALDERA; COLLAPSE; FAULT; TECTONICS; VOLCANO;

GLENCOE; HIGHLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879888017     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<1448:TCPCCA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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