Giant radiating dyke swarms on Earth and Venus

• Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Ernst, R. E., Head, J. W., Parfitt, E. A., Grosfils, E., Wilson, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Canada; Venus; Yakutsk; Siberia
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/22259/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-8252(95)00017-5

Concentrations of dykes of basic composition emplaced in the same igneous episode or along similar trends are known as mafic dyke swarms and they occur in a wide variety of environments and over a wide range of scales on Earth. Recent radar mapping of Venus has revealed families of linear features i...