Experiments of dike-induced deformation: Insights on the long-term evolution of divergent plate boundaries

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: TRIPPANERA, DANIELE, RUCH, JOEL, ACOCELLA, Valerio, Rivalta, E.
• Other Authors: Trippanera, Daniele, Ruch, Joel, Acocella, Valerio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Analogue model; Dike swarm; Divergent plate boundarie; Surface deformation; Geochemistry and Petrology; Geophysic; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Space and Planetary Science; Krafla; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11590/285014; https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011850; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2169-9356

The shallow transport of magma occurs through dikes causing surface deformation. Our understanding of the effects of diking at the surface is limited, especially on the long term, for repeated intrusive episodes. We use analogue models to study the upper crustal deformation induced by dikes. We inse...