Magmatic flow in Azores hot spot dykes: Preliminary results with anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) in San Jorge Island;Ecoulement magmatique dans les dykes du point chaud des Acores: Etude preliminaire par anisotropie de susceptibilite magnetique (ASM) dans l'ile de San Jorge

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-22

  Moreira, Mário ^a,b   Geoffroy, Laurent ^c   Pozzi, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

AMS (anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility); Azores; Dyke; Hot spot; Magma flow

Indexed keywords

DIKE; FLOW PATTERN; HOT SPOT; MAGMA; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

AZORES; SAN JORGE ISLAND;

EID: 0033566545     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80222-5     Document Type: Article

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