The breaking of magma
- 20 April 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine
- Vol. 106 (2) , 166-173
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800051979
Abstract
SUMMARY: Breadcrust blocks (bombs) on Vulcano, Sicily, show features which indicate that when they were of viscous lava they broke when stress was applied rapidly, and later flowed when it was applied slowly. If the magma of granitic intrusions behaves similarly, the perplexing “relict dykes” can be explained as due to the breaking of the magma and the injection of dykes into the fractures.Keywords
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