Eric
Actually - there are lots of non-igenous intrusions in basins - sandstone dykes through 100s metres of strata. Not to mention mud diapirs, salt etc etc.... gas chimneys....
go google!
Cheers
Rob
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Sent: 26 November 2009 05:09
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Subject: Re: Anderson Stress Meeting: September 2010 reminder
Rob, Zoe, and all,
Igneous intrusions as opposed to all those sedimentary plutons?
The phrase is nearly always meaningless and should not be used.
Sounds like a great trip.
cheers,
eric
On Nov 25, 2009, at 11:28 PM, Butler, Robert wrote:
> Dear all
> As we get our diaries together for 2010 we thought it timely to
> remind you of the conference next year:
>
> Stress controls on faulting, fracturing and igneous intrusion in the
> Earth's crust
>
> A meeting to commemorate the work of Ernest Masson Anderson on the
> 50th anniversary of his death.
>
> 6-8 September 2010 at the University of Glasgow, UK
>
> Organisers: Zoe Shipton, Rick Sibson, Dave Healy, Rob Butler
>
> We will send out details of the meeting ("First Circular") in
> January -
> Abstract deadline will be end April with a preliminary programme
> drawn up through May.
> We are also planning a fieldtrip to the Hebrides and NW Scotland to
> examine a variety of faults and the Tertiary igneous complexes.
> Again - further information will be included in the first circular.
>
> Hope to see a bunch of you in Scotland next September!
> Zoe, Rick, Dave and Rob.
>
>
> The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No
> SC013683..
>
>
The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013683.
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