The 3D facies architecture of flood basalt provinces and their internal heterogeneity: Examples from the Palaeogene Skye Lava Field

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 911-926

  Single, Richard T ^a   Jerram, Dougal A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D modelling; Flood basalts; Rock properties; Skye Lava Field; Structure

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAVA FLOW; PALEOGENE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8744306984     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-136     Document Type: Article

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