Extrusive and intrusive magmatism in the North Rockall trough

Petroleum Geology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue 0, 2005, Pages 1621-1630

  Thomson, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D seismic; Basalts; Dolerite sills; Fissures; Hyaloclastite deltas; Magma flow patterns; North rockall trough; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052548598     PISSN: 20479921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/0061621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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