Magma flow, exsolution processes and rock metasomatism in the Great Messejana-Plasencia dyke (Iberian Peninsula)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 806-824

  Silva, Pedro F ^a   Henry, Bernard ^c   Marques, Fernando O ^d   Font, Eric ^b   Mateus, António ^b   Vegas, R Ramon ^e   Miranda, Jorge Miguel ^b   Palomino, Ricardo ^e   Palencia Ortas, Alicia ^e  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Europe; Large igneous provinces; Magma migration and fragmentation; Magnetic fabrics and anisotropy; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

DIKE; EXSOLUTION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; METASOMATISM; ROCK PROPERTY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 54949088277     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03920.x     Document Type: Article

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