Millimeter-scale modal layering and the nature of the upper solidification zone in thick flood-basalt flows and other sheets of magma

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 1171-1177

  Philpotts, Anthony R ^a   Dickson, Loretta D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal mush; Entablature; Flood basalt flow

Indexed keywords

QUENCH TEXTURES;

BASALT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRYSTALS; FLOODS; NUCLEATION; SOLIDIFICATION;

GEOLOGY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLOOD BASALT; ORIENTATION; SOLIDIFICATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036240058     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(01)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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