Physical processes of shallow mafic dike emplacement near the San Rafael Swell, Utah

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1177-1192

  Delaney, Paul T ^a   Gartner, Anne E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

COLORADO PLATEAU; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; FAR-FIELD STRESS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; LATERAL PROPAGATION; MAGMA PRESSURE; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PRINCIPAL STRESS;

LEVEES;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; JOINT; JURASSIC; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; OUTCROP; SANDSTONE; SHALLOW SOIL; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SWELL; VOLCANISM; DYKE EMPLACEMENT; INTRUSION; SHONKINITE; TERTIARY;

SAN RAFAEL RIVER; UNITED STATES; UTAH; COLORADO PLATEAU; USA;

EID: 0031474579     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1177:PPOSMD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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