Diachronous sub-volcanic intrusion along deep-water margins: Insights from the Irish Rockall Basin

Basin Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-105

  Magee, C ^a   Jackson, C A L ^a   Schofield, N ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; EMPLACEMENT; FOLDING; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SILL; STRATIGRAPHY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84892533994     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12044     Document Type: Article

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