Thermal and mechanical aspects of magma emplacement in giant dike swarms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B10, 1999, Pages 23033-23049

  Fialko, Yuri A ^a,b,c   Rubin, Allan M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; MAGMA; STRESS;

EID: 0033543842     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900213     Document Type: Article

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