Determining magma flow in sills, dykes and laccoliths and their implications for sill emplacement mechanisms

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-201

  Thomson, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dykes; Faroe Shetland Basin; Fissure eruptions; Laccoliths; Magma flow patterns; Sill emplacement models; Sills; Submarine volcanism; Three dimensional seismic; Volcanic continental margins

Indexed keywords

DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; FISSURE; FLOW PATTERN; LACCOLITH; MAGMA; SEISMIC DATA; SILL; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

EID: 36649012777     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-007-0131-8     Document Type: Article

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