Ignimbrites of the eastern Snake River Plain: Evidence for major caldera‐forming eruptions

LA Morgan, DJ Doherty… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
The eastern Snake River Plain is a predominantly rhyolitic province, analogous to the
present‐day Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field but older and further evolved. The …

Timing and development of the Heise volcanic field, Snake River Plain, Idaho, western USA

LA Morgan, WC McIntosh - Geological Society of …, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Snake River Plain (SRP) developed over the last 16 Ma as a bimodal volcanic
province in response to the southwest movement of the North American plate over a fixed …

Rhyolitic volcanism of the central Snake River Plain: a review

BS Ellis, JA Wolff, S Boroughs, DF Mark… - Bulletin of …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The central Snake River Plain (CSRP) of southern Idaho and northern Nevada,
USA, forms part of the Columbia River–Yellowstone large igneous province. Volcanic rocks …

[PDF][PDF] Origin and evolution of the western Snake River Plain: Implications from stratigraphy, faulting, and the geochemistry of basalts near Mountain Home, Idaho

JW Shervais, G Shroff, SK Vetter… - … Magmatic Evolution of …, 2002 - academia.edu
Most models for the origin and evolution of the Snake River Plain (SRP) volcanic province
focus on the central role of the Yellowstone hot spot and its effects on the lithosphere of …

'Snake River (SR)-type'volcanism at the Yellowstone hotspot track: distinctive products from unusual, high-temperature silicic super-eruptions

MJ Branney, B Bonnichsen, GDM Andrews, B Ellis… - Bulletin of …, 2008 - Springer
A new category of large-scale volcanism, here termed Snake River (SR)-type volcanism, is
defined with reference to a distinctive volcanic facies association displayed by Miocene …

A fixed sublithospheric source for the late Neogene track of the Yellowstone hotspot: Implications of the Heise and Picabo volcanic fields

MH Anders, DW Rodgers, SR Hemming… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Heise and Picabo volcanic fields of eastern Idaho are part of the more
extensive time‐transgressive Yellowstone‐Snake River Plain hotspot track. Calderas …

Basaltic volcanism of the central and western Snake River Plain:: A guide to field relations between Twin Falls and Mountain Home, Idaho

JW Shervais, JD Kauffman, VS Gillerman, KL Othberg… - 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Basaltic volcanism in the Snake River Plain of southern Idaho has long been associated
with the concept of a mantle plume that was overridden by North America during the …

Neogene tephra correlations in eastern Idaho and Wyoming: Implications for Yellowstone hotspot-related volcanism and tectonic activity

MH Anders, J Saltzman… - Geological Society of …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The explosive rhyolitic eruptions that define the track of the Snake River Plain–Yellowstone
volcanism have produced a large volume of tephra found in late Miocene and younger basin …

Geochemical correlation of three large-volume ignimbrites from the Yellowstone hotspot track, Idaho, USA

BS Ellis, MJ Branney, TL Barry, D Barfod… - Bulletin of …, 2012 - Springer
Three voluminous rhyolitic ignimbrites have been identified along the southern margin of the
central Snake River Plain. As a result of wide-scale correlations, new volume estimates can …

Rhyolitic ignimbrites in the Rogerson Graben, southern Snake River Plain volcanic province: volcanic stratigraphy, eruption history and basin evolution

GDM Andrews, MJ Branney, B Bonnichsen… - Bulletin of …, 2008 - Springer
The 80 km long NNE-trending Rogerson Graben on the southern margin of the central
Snake River Plain, Idaho, USA, hosts a rhyolitic pyroclastic succession, 200 m thick, that …