> Those who spend time in the field on a wide variety of rocks will
>have seen sandstone dykes and sills, mud diapirs, salt dykes, and
>salt diapirs. They can even be seen in textbooksMost intrusive rocks
>are igneous but not exclusively so.
John Dewey
> 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..
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