Magma transport through the crust via interconnected sill complexes

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 929-932

  Cartwright, Joseph ^a   Hansen, Dorthe Møller ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D; Magma; Seismic; Sills; Transport

Indexed keywords

INTERCONNECTED SILL; MAGMA TRANSPORT; MAGMATIC PLUMBING SYSTEM; SILLS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRUST; EMPLACEMENT; MAGMA; MELT; SEISMIC DATA; SILL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33750945806     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22758A.1     Document Type: Article

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