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- surface expression of magmatism. Magmatism is one of the main processes responsible for mountain formation. The nature of magmatism depends on the tectonic...
- anorogenic magmatism is the formation, intrusion or eruption of magmas not directly connected with orogeny (mountain building). Anorogenic magmatism occurs...
- effect on magmatism. They can either induce magmatism, act as a conduit to magmatism and magmatic flow, or block magmatic flow. In contrast, magmatism can also...
- Serial magmatism is a model that requires basaltic magma to erupt and intrude repeatedly into a pre-existing crust. Regarding the Moon, the magma would...
- They led to extensive deformation and magmatism. On the other hand, the Late Paleozoic Emeishan flood basalt magmatism is an important event in the western...
- The Spitzkoppe of Namibia, a 670-metre (2,200 ft) granite peak formed by early Cretaceous rifting and magmatism....
- compares the timeline of the magmatism within the traps and the timeline of the extinction itself. Before the linkage between magmatism and the extinction event...
- (1985). Magmatism at a Plate Edge: The Peruvian Andes (1 ed.). Springer. ISBN 978-1489958228. Harmon, R. S.; Barreiro, B. A. (1984). Andean Magmatism: Chemical...
- the crust, but there are two main hypotheses: plume magmatism and rift upwelling. The plume magmatism theory is based on observations that most large igneous...
- between 183 to 173 Ma but produced continued magmatism between 168 to 141 Ma. By 184 to 175 Ma the Karoo magmatism had spread to Namibia, Lesotho, Lebombo...