title: Volcanic production rates: comparison of oceanic ridges, islands, and the columbia plateau basalts.
abstract: New potassium-argon age data from the Columbia Plateau suggest a basalt production rate of 108 cubic meters per year during a middle Miocene volcanic episode. This is two to three times the production rate in some oceanic islands, and about four to six times the production rate in spreading mid-oceanic ridge systems.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Baksi
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Watkins