The influence of normal fault geometry on igneous sill emplacement and morphology

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 406-410

  Magee, Craig ^a   Jackson, Christopher A L ^a   Schofield, Nick ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL RIFTING; FAULT ARCHITECTURE; FAULT REACTIVATION; PREFERENTIAL PATHWAYS; SAUCER-SHAPED SILLS; STRUCTURAL TEMPLATES; SUITABLE CONDITIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA;

STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOMETRY;

EMPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; HANGING WALL; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IGNEOUS ROCK; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL FAULT; SILL; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; UPPER CRUST;

EXMOUTH PLATEAU; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84875489636     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33824.1     Document Type: Article

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