Evidence of small-volume igneous diapirism in the shallow crust of the Colorado Plateau, San Rafael Desert, Utah

Lithosphere

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 328-336

  Diez M ^a,c   Connor, C B ^a   Kruse, S E ^a   Connor, L ^a   Savov, I P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

COLORADO PLATEAU; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; GEOLOGICAL FIELDS; GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; MAGMA TRANSPORT; UPPER CONTINENTAL CRUST; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

BASALT; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CHANNEL FLOW; CONTINENTAL CRUST; COUNTRY ROCK; DESERT; DIAPIRISM; DIKE; DOME; DUCTILITY; MAGMA; PLASTIC FLOW; PLATEAU; SILL; SOLID EARTH; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149496731     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L61.1     Document Type: Article

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