Hydraulic fracturing as a possible mechanism of dyke-sill transitions and horizontal discordant intrusions in trachytic tabular bodies of Arraial do Cabo, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-25

  Motoki, Akihisa ^a   Sichel, Susanna Eleonora ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arraial do Cabo; Dyke; Horizontal intrusion; Hydraulic fracturing; Sill

Indexed keywords

DIKE SWARM; FELSIC ROCK; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; SILL; TRACHYTE;

ARRAIAL DE CABO; BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38449117912     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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