The mechanics and dynamics of sills in layered elastic rocks and their implications for the growth of laccoliths and other igneous complexes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 93-99

  Menand, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

emplacement; igneous complexes; laccoliths; plutons; sills

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS COMPLEXES; LACCOLITHS; PLUTONS; SILLS;

DEFORMATION; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

DISCONTINUITY; ELASTICITY; EMPLACEMENT; GROWTH; LACCOLITH; LITHOLOGY; MAGMA; PLUTON; RIGIDITY; SILL; TIMESCALE;

EID: 39549119781     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.043     Document Type: Article

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