The 36-18 Ma Indian Peak-Caliente ignimbrite field and calderas, southeastern Great Basin, USA: Multicyclic super-eruptions

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 864-950

  Best, Myron G ^a   Christiansen, Eric H ^a   Deino, Alan L ^b   Gromme, Sherman ^c   Hart, Garret L ^d   Tingey, David G ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c not available   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASH FLOW; CALDERA; CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IGNIMBRITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

GREAT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881590263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00902.1     Document Type: Article

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