Lipman, Peter W. <br/><br/>
A compositionally zoned ash-flow sheet in southern Nevada / 
by P. W. Lipman, Robert L. Christiansen and J. T. O'Connor. 
 - Washington:   United States Government Printing Office,   1966.  
 - iv, F47 p. :  ill., maps, tables ;  29 cm.  +1 diagr. 
 - Shorter Contributions to General GeologyChapter F Geological Survey Professional PaperChapter F  524 .
<br/><br/> Prepared on behalf of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.  Conduct diagr.: correlation of measured sections from lathrop wells to paintbrush Canyon, showing lateral variations in depositional units, welding zones, and glass and crystallization zones. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. F46-F47). 
<br/><br/> A widespread ash-flow sheet grades from phenocryst-poor rhyolite upward into phenocryst-rich quartz latite, recording in inverted order the compositional zonation of magma in the source chamber. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Volcanic ash, tuff, etc
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551