Transmission of flood basalts through a shallow crustal sill and the correlation of sill layers with extrusive flows: The palisades intrusive system and the basalts of the newark basin, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Journal of Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-155

  Puffer, John H ^a   Block, Karin A ^a,b   Steiner, Jeffrey C ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendix tables

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DIKE; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; PHENOCRYST; PYROXENE; SILL;

NEWARK BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65949114634     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595663     Document Type: Article

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