The flow structures and mechanics of Late Precambrian mafic dyke swarms in North China Craton

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 210-216

  Hou, Guiting ^a   Li, Jianghai ^a   Halls, H C ^b   Qian, Xianglin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Horizontal emplacement; Mafic dyke swarms; North China Craton; Yanliao Zhongtiao aulacogens

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; FLOW STRUCTURE; LINEATION; MAGMATISM; PRECAMBRIAN;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 0041319504     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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