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Matton and colleagues mapped the basalts as subvertical ring dikes, not sills

Matton, Jébrak and Lee describe the basalt as subvertical dikes, continuous on magnetic surveys and nearly centred on the structure, which fits ring dykes cutting the strata better than flat sills later folded.

Suggestive0

What it bears on 1 answer

The gabbro rings are Central Atlantic Magmatic Province sills of 230 to 200 Ma, domed about 100 million years later

Still possible

AGAINST

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Matton and colleagues mapped the basalts as subvertical ring dikes, not sills [Evidence EVD0DCKSHFEKGXN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCKSHFEKGXN

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  title     = {Matton and colleagues mapped the basalts as subvertical ring dikes, not sills},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DCKSHFEKGXN},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCKSHFEKGXN}
}