Columnar joints in the Patiño formation sandstones, Eastern Paraguay: A dynamic interaction between dyke intrusion, quartz dissolution and cooling-induced fractures

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Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 302-308

  Velázquez, Victor Fernandez ^a   Giannini, Paulo César Fonseca ^a   Riccomini, Claudio ^a   Sallun, Alethéa Ernandes Martins ^b   Hachiro, Jorge ^a   Gomes, Celso de Barros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COOLING; DIKE; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HEAT SOURCE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; JOINT; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; THERMAL EXPANSION;

PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 55149121630     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2008/v31i3/003     Document Type: Article

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