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Volcanic rocks of the eastern and northern parts of the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona

October 26, 1976

The eastern and northern parts of the San Francisco volcanic field, between San Francisco Mountain and the Little Colorado River, contain about 175 cinder cones, many with one or more associated lava flows, and one center of silicic volcanism, O'Leary Peak. Basaltic flows and cones are divided into five groups, primarily on the bases of stratigraphic and physiographic relations, degree of weathering and erosion, K-Ar and tree-ring age determinations, and, in part, chemical and petrographic data:

Basaltic rocks of Sunset age --------  A.D. 1064-1065 Holocene. Basaltic rocks of Merriam age ----- 

Publication Year 1976
Title Volcanic rocks of the eastern and northern parts of the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona
Authors Richard B. Moore, Edward W. Wolfe, George E. Ulrich
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey
Index ID 70156633
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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