How are saucer-shaped sills emplaced? Constraints from the Golden Valley Sill, South Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Polteau, Stephane ^a,b   Ferre E C ^c   Planke, S ^a,b   Neumann, E R ^a   Chevallier, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Forskningsparken   (Norway)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; FLOW STRUCTURE; FOLIATION; GEOMETRY; HYSTERESIS; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SILL; STRAIN RATE;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 61449117836     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005620     Document Type: Article

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