Emplacement and 3D geometry of crustal-scale saucer-shaped intrusions in the Fennoscandian Shield

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Buntin, Sebastian, Malehmir, Alireza, Koyi, Hemin, Hogdahl, Karin, Malinowski, Michal, Larsson, Sven Ake, Thybo, Hans, Juhlin, Christopher, Korja, Annakaisa, Gorszczyk, Andrzej
• Other Authors: Department of Geosciences and Geography, Institute of Seismology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019
• Subjects: SEISMIC DATA; MAGMA; CONSTRAINTS; TECTONICS; COMPLEX; SILLS; MOHO; HF; 1171 Geosciences; Babel; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/304528

Saucer-shaped intrusions of tens of meters to tens of kilometres across have been observed both from surface geological mapping and geophysical observations. However, there is only one location where they have been reported to extend c. 100 km laterally, and emplaced both in a sedimentary basin and...