The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province

The Steens Basalt: Earliest lavas of the Columbia River Basalt Group
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Published:August 01, 2013
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Victor E. Camp, Martin E. Ross, Robert A. Duncan, Nicholas A. Jarboe, Robert S. Coe, Barry B. Hanan, Jenda A. Johnson, 2013. "The Steens Basalt: Earliest lavas of the Columbia River Basalt Group", The Columbia River Flood Basalt Province, Stephen P. Reidel, Victor E. Camp, Martin E. Ross, John A. Wolff, Barton S. Martin, Terry L. Tolan, Ray E. Wells
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The Steens Formation, or Steens Basalt, is formally recognized as the oldest lithostratigraphic unit of the Columbia River Basalt Group, with an estimated areal extent and volume of 53,000 km2 and 31,800 km3, respectively. We integrate petrochemical, paleomagnetic, and 40Ar-39Ar age data on 13 collected sections to help evaluate stratigraphic and petrogenetic relationships through the Steens succession. We estimate that the overall duration of Steens Basalt volcanism from lingering eruptions could be as much as 300,000 yr, centered at ca. 16.7 Ma, but that the far greater volume erupted in <50,000 yr at an...
- absolute age
- alkali basalts
- Ar/Ar
- basalts
- California
- Cenozoic
- chemical composition
- chronology
- Columbia River Basalt Group
- dates
- distribution
- effusion
- feldspar group
- fractional crystallization
- framework silicates
- Harney County Oregon
- Idaho
- igneous rocks
- lava flows
- magma contamination
- magmas
- Miocene
- Neogene
- nesosilicates
- Nevada
- nomenclature
- olivine
- olivine group
- Oregon
- orthosilicates
- paleomagnetism
- plagioclase
- rates
- reversals
- shield volcanoes
- silicates
- Steens Mountain
- Tertiary
- tholeiite
- trachyandesites
- United States
- volcanic rocks
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- Steens Basalt