Structure and Emplacement of High-Level Magmatic Systems

There are continual rounds of annual conferences, special sessions and other symposia that provide ample opportunity for researchers to convene and discuss igneous processes. However, the origins of laccoliths and sills continue to inspire and confound geologists.
In one sense, this is surprising. After all, don’t we know all we need to know about these rocks by now? As testified by the diverse range of topics covered in this volume, the answer is clearly ‘no’.
This book contains contributions on physical geology, igneous petrology, volcanology, structural geology, crustal mechanics and geophysics that cover the entire gambit of geological processes associated with the shallow emplacement of magma. High-level intrusions in sedimentary basins can also act as hydrocarbon reservoirs and as sources for thermal maturation.
In drawing together a diversity of perspectives on the emplacement of sills, laccoliths and dykes we hope to advance further our understanding of their behaviour.
Structure and emplacement of high-level magmatic systems: introduction
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Published:January 01, 2008
Abstract
Despite the continual round of annual conferences, special sessions and symposia that provide ample opportunity for researchers to get together and talk about igneous processes, the origin of laccoliths and sills continue to inspire and confound geologists. In one sense this is surprising. After all, don't we know all we need to know about these rocks by now? As testified by the diverse range of topics covered in this Specical Publication and elsewhere (Breitkreuz & Petford 2004), the answer is clearly no.
This Special Publication contains 13 papers that cover a diversity of perspectives relating to the...