A new mode of inner volcano growth: The “flower intrusive structure”

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: TIBALDI, ALESSANDRO, Pasquarè, F.
• Other Authors: Tibaldi, A, Pasquarè, F
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2008
• Subjects: volcano growth; intrusive structure; Settore GEOS-02/C - Geologia strutturale e tettonica; Stardalur; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/12758; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.009

A multiple-sill laccolith nested within a centrally-dipping sheet swarm is a recently discovered sub-volcanic structure, resembling a "flower" in section-view, which we have found in some eroded volcanoes in Iceland, suggesting that this structure can have some general relevance in deformi...