Insights of dyke emplacement mechanics from detailed 3D dyke thickness datasets

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 965-978

  Kavanagh, J L ^a   Sparks, R Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D GEOMETRY; DATA SETS; DEPTH RANGE; DYKE EMPLACEMENT; DYKE SWARMS; ELASTIC CRACKS; INELASTIC PROCESS; ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; MAGMA SOLIDIFICATION; ROCK DEFORMATION; THICKNESS VARIATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

DATA PROCESSING; MINERALS; SHALE; STARS; THICKNESS GAGES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANDESITE; BRECCIA; DIABASE; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; HOST ROCK; KIMBERLITE; LAVA; MAGMA; QUARTZITE; SANDSTONE; SHALE;

EID: 79959526640     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-137     Document Type: Article

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