Ropy flow structures: A neglected indicator of magma-flow direction in sills and dikes

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 715-718

  Liss, Dirk ^a   Hutton, Donald H W ^a   Owens, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility; Dikes; Flow structures; Sills

Indexed keywords

MAGMA;

ANISOTROPY; LEVEES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

GEOLOGY;

DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; FLOW STRUCTURE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SILL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036693006     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0715:RFSANI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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