Upward and downward flow in a camptonite dike as recorded by deformed vesicles and the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS)

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 81-94

  Philpotts, Anthony R ^a   Philpotts, Doreen E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS; camptonite; deformed vesicles; magma flow direction; magnetite alignment

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; ROCKS;

CAMPTONITE DIKE; DEFORMED VESICLES; MAGMA FLOW; MAGNETITE ALIGNMENT;

VOLCANOES;

CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; DIKE; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; SOLIDIFICATION; VESICLE;

CONNECTICUT; HIGBY MOUNTAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846654482     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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