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Geologic Investigations Series Map 2431

Lithologic, Age-Group, Magnetopolarity, and Geochemical Maps of Springville Volcanic Field, East-Central Arizona

By Christoper D. Condit, Larry S. Crumpler, and Jayne C. Aubele

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The Springerville volcanic field is one of the many late Pliocene to Holocene, mostly basaltic, volcanic fields present near the Colorado Plateau margin (fig. 1, in pamphlet). The field overlies the lithospheric transition zone between the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Province (Condit and others, 1989b). Establishing relations in time, space, and composition of the rocks of these plateau-margin fields offers the possibility to integrate more fully into a regional synthesis the detailed geochemistry of these fields now being examined (for example, Perry and others, 1987; Fitton and others, 1988; Menzies and others, 1991). The work also provides baseline information for understanding mantle properties and processes at different depths and locations. Because the Springerville field is the southernmost of the plateau-margin fields, and because it contains both tholeiitic and alkalic rocks (tables 1 and 2, in pamphlet), it is a particularly important location for establishing these patterns in time, space, and composition.

Our four thematic maps of the Springerville field were compiled by using digital mapping techniques so that associated petrologic and chemical data could be conveniently included in a geographic information system for one of the plateau-margin fields. Parts of these maps have been included in Condit (1995), a stand-alone Macintosh2 computer program that takes advantage of their digital format.

First posted July 20, 2000

Note to users: Only the pamphlet and sheets 2, 3, and 4 are available for download here. Sheets are not fully digital and, therefore, are not available here.

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Condit, C. D., Crumpler, L. S., Aubele, J. C., 1999, Lithologic, Age-Group, Magnetopolarity, and Geochemical Maps of Springville Volcanic Field, East-Central Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map I-2431, https://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2431/.



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