Hybrid flow sills: A new mode of igneous sheet intrusion

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-346

  Miles, Andrew ^a   Cartwright, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYBRID FLOW; IGNEOUS ACTIVITY; LOW CONFINING PRESSURE; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; SATURATED SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC AMPLITUDES; SEISMIC MAPPING; SHEET INTRUSION;

SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COALESCENCE;

CONFINING PRESSURE; EMPLACEMENT; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; SILL;

EID: 77954016559     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30414.1     Document Type: Article

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