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A sill swarm or sill complex in
geology is a major group of
sills
intruded within
continental crust. They are located under volcanic edifices, including
flood basalt provinces and large
lava plateaus. The volume of sill swarms can be similar to
dike swarms.
[1]
Examples
- Chatsworth sill swarm,
Victoria, Australia
[2]
-
Loch Scridain
Basalt-
Rhyolite Sill Swarm,
Mull, Scotland
[3]
- Morel sills, near
Coronation Gulf,
Nunavut, Canada
[4]
- Rio Perdido sill swarm,
Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
[5]
- Sariwon Sill Swarm, China
[6]
- Sill swarm in the Nahuel Niyeu Formation of
Patagonia, Argentina
[7]
References
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^ Best, Myron G., Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Wiley - Blackwell, 2002, 2nd ed., p. 216
ISBN
978-1-4051-0588-0
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^
"Glenthompson Sandstone". Australian Stratigraphic Units Database. Geoscience Australia. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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^ Gillespie, M R.; et al. (2012).
"BGS classification of lithodemic units: a classification of onshore Phanerozoic intrusions in the UK" (PDF). Report RR/12/01.
British Geological Survey. p. 38. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
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^ Hildebrand, R. S.; et al. (2010).
"The Calderian orogeny in Wopmay orogen (1.9 Ga), northwestern Canadian Shield" (PDF). GSA Bulletin. 122 (5–6): 794–814.
Bibcode:
2010GSAB..122..794H.
doi:
10.1130/B26521.1.
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^ Lacerda Filho, Joffre Valmório de (2015).
"Bloco Rio Apa : origem e evolução tectônica". Tese (Doutorado em Geologia)—Universidade de Brasília. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
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^ Mingguo Zhai, ed. (2015). Precambrian Geology of China. Berlin: Springer. p. 182.
ISBN
978-3-662-47884-4.
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^ Greco, G. A.; et al. (2015).
"Geology, structure and age of the Nahuel Niyeu Formation in the Aguada Cecilio area, North Patagonian Massif, Argentina".
Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 62: 12–32.
Bibcode:
2015JSAES..62...12G.
doi:
10.1016/j.jsames.2015.04.005.
hdl:
11336/39266.