Dyke Swarms of the World: A Modern Perspective

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Giant Circumferential Dyke Swarms: Catalogue and Characteristics

   • Kenneth L. Buchan, Richard E. Ernst

   Pages 1-44

3. Magma Transport Pathways in Large Igneous Provinces: Lessons from Combining Field Observations and Seismic Reflection Data

   • Craig Magee, Richard E. Ernst, James Muirhead, Thomas Phillips, Christopher A.-L. Jackson

   Pages 45-85

4. The Mesozoic Equatorial Atlantic Magmatic Province (EQUAMP)

   • M. H. B. M. Hollanda, C. J. Archanjo, A. A. Macedo Filho, H. Fossen, R. E. Ernst, D. L. de Castro et al.

   Pages 87-110

5. Intraplate Proterozoic Magmatism in the Amazonian Craton Reviewed: Geochronology, Crustal Tectonics and Global Barcode Matches

   • W. Teixeira, N. J. Reis, J. S. Bettencourt, E. L. Klein, D. C. Oliveira

   Pages 111-154

6. The Precambrian Mafic Magmatic Record, Including Large Igneous Provinces of the Kalahari Craton and Its Constituents: A Paleogeographic Review

   • M. O. de Kock, A. P. Gumsley, M. B. Klausen, U. Söderlund, C. Djeutchou

   Pages 155-214

7. Constraining the Chronology of the Mashishing Dykes from the Eastern Kaapvaal Craton in South Africa

   • H. Wabo, F. Humbert, M. O. de Kock, G. Belyanin, U. Söderlund, L. P. Maré et al.

   Pages 215-261

8. New U–Pb Baddeleyite Ages of Mafic Dyke Swarms of the West African and Amazonian Cratons: Implication for Their Configuration in Supercontinents Through Time

   • L. Baratoux, U. Söderlund, R. E. Ernst, E. de Roever, M. W. Jessell, S. Kamo et al.

   Pages 263-314

9. Spatial and Temporal Distribution Patterns of Mafic Dyke Swarms in Central Asia: Results from Remote-Sensing Interpretation and Regional Geology

   • Qianwen Feng, Jinyi Li, Jianfeng Liu, Kefa Zhou

   Pages 315-333

10. Neoarchean-Mesoproterozoic Mafic Dyke Swarms of the Indian Shield Mapped Using Google Earth™ Images and ArcGIS™, and Links with Large Igneous Provinces

    • Amiya K. Samal, Rajesh K. Srivastava, Richard E. Ernst, Ulf Söderlund

    Pages 335-390

11. Petrology and Mineral Chemistry of a Porphyritic Mafic Dyke, Jonnagiri Schist Belt, Eastern Dharwar Craton, India: Implications for Its Magmatic Origin

    • V. V. Sesha Sai, S. N. Mahapatro, Santanu Bhattacharjee, Tarun C. Khanna, M. M. Korakoppa

    Pages 391-414

12. Geochemistry, Petrogenesis and Tectonic Significance of the Proterozoic Mafic Dykes from the Bomdila Area, NE Lesser Himalaya, India

    • Shaik A. Rashid, Javid A. Ganai, Irfan Maqbool Bhat, Naqeebul Islam

    Pages 415-437

13. Petrology and Tectonic Setting of Dyke Swarms Emplaced in the Upper Jurassic Qorveh Granitoid Complex (Majidabad and Kangareh), Kurdistan Province, Iran

    • Ashraf Torkian

    Pages 439-458

14. From Ophiolites to Oceanic Crust: Sheeted Dike Complexes and Seafloor Spreading

    • Jeffrey A. Karson

    Pages 459-492

Continuing the tradition of International Dyke Conference, this book is largely based on contributions from the IDC7 but also includes some chapters by invitation. It focuses on mafic dyke swarms and related associations: e.g. links with sills, kimberlites, syenites, carbonatites, and volcanics, discussing the following themes: (i) regional maps/reviews of dyke swarms and related units, (ii) the role of giant dyke swarms in the reconstruction of supercontinents/paleocontinents, (iii) mapping of dykes using remote sensing techniques, (iv) geochronology of dyke swarms, (v) petrology, geochemistry and petrogenesis of dykes, (vi) emplacement mechanism of dykes, (vii) dyke swarms and planetary bodies, and (viii) links to mineralization and resources.

• Mafic dyke swarm
• Large Igneous Province
• Paleogeographic reconstruction
• Supercontinent
• Emplacement Mechanism

• Department of Geology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

  Rajesh K. Srivastava

• Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

  Richard E. Ernst

• Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  Peng Peng

Prof. Rajesh K. Srivastava is a Professor of Geology at Banaras Hindu University. His specialization fields are Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry and Precambrian Geology, and his main interests are in: 
i. Precambrian Mafic Igneous Complexes, particularly dyke swarms and associated volcanic rocks from the Bastar craton, Dharwar craton and Arunanchal Himalaya
ii. Ultramafic–Alkaline–Carbonatite Complexes of western, southern, and northeastern India
iii. Lamprophyres, lamproites, and kimberlites of the Mahakoshal supracrustal belt and Bastar craton (Central India), Damodar valley, East Gondwana (Eastern India), and Eastern Dharwar craton, and
iv. the Andaman Ophiolite suite
  
Prof. Richard Ernst is a Scientist in Residence at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and a Guest Professor at Tomsk State University (TSU), Siberia, Russia. His research is focused on all aspects of Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and links with mineral, metal and hydrocarbon resource exploration, supercontinent breakup, catastrophic environmental/climate change including mass extinction events, and planetary analogues. He is the author of Large Igneous Provinces, published in 2014 by Cambridge University Press. 
  
Prof Peng Peng is currently working at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a petrologist and geochemist interested in using mafic dyke swarms, greenstone belts and other associated records to reveal the forming and early evolution of the continental crust and the lithosphere, as well as the palaeogeography of Precambrian supercontinents.

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