Rhyolitic explosive eruptions of the Central Snake River Plain, Idaho : investigations of the Lower Cassia Mountains succession and surrounding areas

The Snake River Plain of north-western U.S.A. was the site of voluminous, bimodal, hotspot volcanism in the Miocene. Between c. 12.7-6 Ma silicic volcanism produced an association of deposits so different to typical Plinian and ignimbrite deposits elsewhere it has been termed Snake River (SR)-type....

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Main Author: Ellis, Benjamin Stephen
Other Authors: Branney, Mike ; Barry, Tiffany
Published: University of Leicester 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.539840