Summary
The transport of magma is a fundamental process in volcanic eruptions, crustal extension and the creation of new crust on earth. Dikes and sills are magma-driven fractures that often record past evidence of this process. Over the past two decades, observations of magma transport in the crust have highlighted the need to better understand how magmatic and tectonic processes interact to emplace dikes and sills on earth. In this study, PI Scholz will conduct a combination of numerical and analog modeling to address the fundamental dynamics of the transition from dike to sill and from sill to dike
