3D relationships between sills and their feeders: Evidence from the Golden Valley Sill Complex (Karoo Basin) and experimental modelling

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 189-199

  Galerne, Christophe Y ^a   Galland, Olivier ^a   Neumann, Else Ragnhild ^a   Planke, Sverre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Oslo Innovation Center   (Norway)

Author keywords

Experimental modelling; Feeder dykes; Field observations; Geochemistry; Golden Valley; Saucer shaped sills

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MODELLING; FEEDER DYKES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GOLDEN VALLEY; SAUCER-SHAPED SILLS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTS; LANDFORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FEEDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SILL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79955015949     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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