Stability of dike intrusion along preexisting fractures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B3, 2000, Pages 5947-5961

  Ziv, Alon ^a   Rubin, Allan M ^a   Agnon, Amotz ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTURE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION;

EID: 0034629492     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900410     Document Type: Article

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