Field relations and petrology of the Rainbow Range shield volcano, west-central British Columbia

The Rainbow Range is a Late Miocene shield volcano (30 km diameter, 370 km³) whose stratiform flanks surround a complex central vent zone. Over a time span of 1-2 m.y., extrusion of highly fluid comendites and comenditic trachytes, along with minor mugearites and hawaiites, built up the gently slopi...

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Main Author: Bevier, Mary Lou
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/20856