Magma fingers and host rock fluidization in the emplacement of sills

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-66

  Schofield, Nick ^a,b   Stevenson, Carl ^a   Reston, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AXIS; FINGER FORMATION; FLASH BOILING; HOST ROCKS; MAGMA INTRUSION; MECHANICAL HETEROGENEITY; PORE FLUIDS; SCALE FORMATION; SEISMIC DATAS; SOUTH AFRICA;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ROCKS;

COUNTRY ROCK; EMPLACEMENT; FINGERING; FLUIDIZATION; HOST ROCK; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; SEISMIC DATA; SILL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 73849096978     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30142.1     Document Type: Article

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