Interaction of ascending magma with pre-existing crustal fractures in monogenetic basaltic volcanism: An experimental approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 968-984

  Le Corvec, Nicolas ^a   Menand, Thierry ^b,c,d   Lindsay, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Analogue modeling; Dike propagation; Monogenetic basaltic volcanism; Pre existing crustal fracture; Stress field

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; BASALT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DIKE; FRACTURE; MAGMA; MASS TRANSPORT; STRESS FIELD; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 84876905327     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50142     Document Type: Article

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