Geology of the Craters of the Moon 30' X 60' Map Area and New Perspectives on Basaltic Volcanism of the Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho

By Mel A. Kuntz, Douglass E. Owen, Duane E. Champion, Philip B. Gans, Sara C. Smith, and Cooper Brossy
This field trip is in and near Craters of the Moon National Monument, near Arco, Idaho. It focuses on the Holocene and late Pleistocene volcanism confirmed by new 40Ar/39Ar ages; geologic mapping of the area around the margins of the Craters of the Moon lava field provides new insights about the processes of basaltic volcanism in Craters of the Moon National Monument.
thumbnail image of Landsat-7 image of the Craters of the Moon, Kings Bowl, and Wapi lava fields. (fig. I-1)