Gravitational spreading causes en-echelon diking along a rift zone of Madeira Archipelago: An experimental approach and implications for magma transport

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-46

  Klügel, Andreas ^a   Walter, Thomas R ^b   Schwarz, Stefanie ^a   Geldmacher, Jörg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dikes; En echelon; Madeira Archipelago; Oceanic island; Rift zone; Volcanic spreading; Volcano tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DIKE; EN ECHELON STRUCTURE; ISLAND ARC; RIFT ZONE; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 29444452855     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-005-0418-6     Document Type: Article

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