A sheeted dyke complex, or sheeted dike complex, is a series of sub-parallel intrusions of igneous rock, forming a layer within the oceanic crust. At...

parallel dykes indicated that the Isua Greenstone Belt represented an ophiolite. The interpretation of the parallel dykes as a sheeted dyke complex was particularly...

dyke swarm Sheet intrusion Sheeted dyke complex Sill swarm Re. Iceland see eg.: A. Gudmundsson: Emplacement and arrest of sheets and dykes in central...

undoubtedly hydrostatic. Dike (geology) Igneous intrusion#Dikes Sheeted dyke complex Davies, Richard J.; Huuse, Mads; Hirst, Philip; Cartwright, Joe;...

kimberlite pipes is varied, but includes a sheeted dyke complex of tabular, vertically dipping feeder dykes in the root of the pipe, which extends down...

completeness of the section of oceanic lithosphere. The crust is composed of sheeted dykes, pillow basalts and marine sediments. The sediments are composed of...

In geology, a dike or dyke is a sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body. Dikes can be either magmatic or sedimentary in...

the spreading center fed by dykes from the underlying magma chamber. Pillow lavas and the related sheeted dyke complexes form part of a classic ophiolite...

Regions, including the Canisp Shear Zone. This basic dyke swarm cuts the banding of the Scourie complex gneisses and therefore postdates the main igneous...

mantle series of the Troodos, and contain chromite concentrations. The sheeted dykes show a general tholeiitic trend, of basalts, andesites and dacites....

Plateau and the Basin and Range. It consists of a well-developed sheeted dyke complex that grades below into gabbroic rock and above into submarine volcanic...

Retrieved 4 June 2022. Dyke, A. S.; Prest, V. K. (1987). "Late Wisconsinan and Holocene History of the Laurentide Ice Sheet". Géographie Physique et...

Retrieved 21 December 2020. "Hala Sultan Tekke and the Larnaka Salt Lake Complex". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 2 January...

Extrusive sequence: basaltic pillow lavas show magma/seawater contact. Sheeted dike complex: vertical, parallel dikes that fed lavas above. High level intrusives:...

12 km (7.5 mi). The Great Dyke is unusual in that most ultramafic layered intrusions display near horizontal sill or sheet forms. The well-layered lower...

and the Great Dyke complexes of southern Africa; and the Duluth intrusive complex along Lake Superior, and the Stillwater igneous complex of the United...

A ring dike or ring dyke is an intrusive igneous body that is circular, oval or arcuate in plan and has steep contacts. While the widths of ring dikes...

A cone sheet is a type of high-level igneous intrusion of subvolcanic rock, found in partly eroded central volcanic complexes. Cone sheets are relatively...

Trendall (1991); 2000-1600 Ma; Basic dykes, related to the Gascoyne Complex and Capricorn Orogeny 2700-2600 Ma; Granite sheets and juxtaposition with the Yilgarn...

Lewisian complex consists of mainly granitic gneisses, subject to a series of metamorphic and tectonic events, interrupted by the intrusion of a major dyke swarm...

fenites, diabase dykes, tonalite-diorites and gneisses. Apatite is associated with the glimmerite-carbonatites. Commonly, carbonatite complexes contain a core...

Regional dyke swarms are usually elongated where local sheet swarms are inclined and circular, also known as ring dykes. The geometry of the dyke is related...

crustal rocks of the ophiolite include pillow lava, hyaloclastite, sheeted dykes, gabbro, plagiogranite and ultramafic cumulate rock. Mantle rocks exposed...

sediments), volcanic rocks (pillow lavas, volcanic glass, volcanic ash, sheeted dykes and gabbros) and peridotite (mantle rock). John McPhee describes ophiolite...

serpentinized peridotites with very little evidence of pillow lavas and sheeted dykes and less gabbro than would be expected if they represented slices of...

The Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) is the largest layered igneous intrusion within the Earth's crust. It has been tilted and eroded forming the outcrops...

ISBN 9780470659632 "ice sheet". National Geographic Society. August 16, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2019. Clark, P. U.; Dyke, A. S.; Shakun, J. D.; Carlson...

Y.; Alves, T.; Miao, M.Z.; Wu, Y.C.; Li, G.; Lou, J.; Hasturk, H.; Van Dyke, T.E.; Kantarci, A.; Wu, D. (January 2024). "Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis...

which are otherwise uncommon in granites. These aplite-pegmatite sheet complexes may show fine-scale banding with alternations of aplite and pegmatite...

budget of the island. Most of the rocks, especially the gabbros and the sheeted dykes are good aquifers due to fracturing. The perennial rivers running radially...