Emplacement of shallow dikes and sills beneath a small basaltic volcanic center - The role of pre-existing structure (Paiute Ridge, southern Nevada, USA)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 217-230

  Valentine, Greg A ^a   Krogh, Karen E C ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

basalt; dike; sill

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC VOLCANIC CENTER; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; SILLS; VOLCANIC CONDUIT;

BASALT; DEFORMATION; LEVEES; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASALT; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; SILL;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745015091     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.031     Document Type: Article

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