Dike surface lineations as magma flow indicators within the sheeted dike complex of the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 5241-5256

  Varga, Robert J ^a   Gee, Jeffrey S ^b   Staudigel, Hubert ^b   Tauxe, Lisa ^b  

^a The College of Wooster   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001278155     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02717     Document Type: Article

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