Late Eocene-early Oligocene tectonism, volcanism, and floristic change near Gray Butte, central Oregon

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 759-778

  Smith, Gary A ^a   Manchester, Steven R ^b   Ashwill, Melvin ^c   McIntosh, William C ^d   Conrey, Richard M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c New Mex Inst Mining and Technol ^*  (United States)

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

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FLOODS; ISOTOPES; SUBSIDENCE; VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE STRUCTURES; AFTER INITIATION; COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; LACUSTRINE STRATA; SURFACE EXPRESSION; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

USA;

EID: 84879889728     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1998)110<0759:LEEOTV>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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