Author : Stephen P. Reidel
Release : 2013-09-13
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 97X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province by : Stephen P. Reidel

Download or read book The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province written by Stephen P. Reidel. This book was released on 2013-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Miocene Columbia River flood basalt province covers ~210,000 km2 of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and forms part of a larger volcanic region that also includes contemporaneous silicic centers in northern Nevada, the basaltic and time-transgressive rhyolitic volcanic fields of the Snake River Plain and Yellowstone plateau, and the High Lava Plains of central Oregon. The Columbia River flood basalt province is accessible and well exposed, making it one of the best-studied flood basalt provinces worldwide, and it serves as a model for understanding the stratigraphic development and petrogenesis of large igneous provinces through time. This volume details our current knowledge of the stratigraphy and physical volcanology; extent, volume, and age of the lava flows; the tectonic setting and history of the province; the petrogenesis of the lavas; and hydrogeology of the basalt aquifers.