Emplacement conditions of igneous dikes in Ethiopian Traps

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 683-692

  Schultz, Richard A ^a   Mège, Daniel ^b   Diot, Hervé ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

basalt; dikes; displacement length scaling; emplacement conditions

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DUCTILE FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEVEES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES; DIKE PROPAGATIONS; DIKES; DISPLACEMENT-LENGTH SCALING; ELEVATED TEMPERATURES; EMPLACEMENT CONDITIONS; ETHIOPIA; FABRIC ANALYSES; HOST ROCKS; IGNEOUS DIKES; LENGTH SCALING; MAGMA FLOWS; OPENING DISPLACEMENTS; SCALING RELATIONS; THIN SECTIONS; TOUGHENING EFFECTS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

BASALT; DIKE; DISPLACEMENT; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HOST ROCK; POWER LAW;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 57049084532     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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