Bimodal volcanism of the High Lava Plains and Northwestern Basin and Range of Oregon: Distribution and tectonic implications of age-progressive rhyolites

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2836-2857

  Ford, Mark T ^a   Grunder, Anita L ^a   Duncan, Robert A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ar Ar geochronology; bimodal volcanism; high lava plains; intraplate volcanism; Oregon geology; slab rollback

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; TECTONICS;

BIMODAL VOLCANISM; HIGH LAVA PLAINS; INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; SLAB ROLLBACK; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; THOLEIITIC BASALTS;

GRANITE;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LAVA; PLATE MOTION; RHYOLITE; VOLCANISM;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885108485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20175     Document Type: Article

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