# 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…

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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.

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## 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](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKS8FZBTJG/the-gabbro-rings-are-central-atlantic-magmatic-province)

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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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