The Slaufrudalur pluton, southeast Iceland-An example of shallow magma emplacement by coupled cauldron subsidence and magmatic stoping

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 213-227

  Burchardt, Steffi ^a,b   Tanner, David ^b,c   Krumbholz, Michael ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; CUT-THROUGH; GLACIAL VALLEYS; ICELANDS; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; MAGMA INJECTION; MAGMA INTRUSION; TECTONIC CONTROL; UPPER CRUST; WALL-CONTACT;

FAULTING; FRACTURE; STOPING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE;

ROOFS;

EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; PLUTON; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ICELAND;

EID: 84859327060     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30430.1     Document Type: Article

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