Hydrofracturing-related sill and dyke emplacement at shallow crustal levels: The Eastern Elba Dyke Complex, Italy

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 302, Issue , 2008, Pages 121-129

  Mazzarini, Francesco ^a   Musumeci, Giovanni ^b  

^a SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APLITE; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; FLUID PRESSURE; HOST ROCK; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; SILL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ELBA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO; TUSCANY;

EID: 72049097694     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP302.9     Document Type: Article

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