Science · 1964 · 22 citations · 7 references
Natural SciencesArchaeologyEarth SciencesStratigraphyStructural GeologyGeoarchaeological ExcavationCinder ConesCone FossilsFossil ConesInternal Structure EvidencePleistocene PaleoecologyPleistocene Sedimentation
A basaltic cinder cone was built beneath the waters of Mono Lake in Pleistocene time. This cone is now exposed. Its internal structure, external form, and petrography suggest that it was constructed with a flat top.
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Drowned ancient islands of the Pacific Basin
H. H. Hess · American Journal of Science · 1946 · 176 citations
"Tuyas," flat-topped volcanoes in northern British Columbia
W. H. Mathews · American Journal of Science · 1947 · 158 citations