Volcanic Dike - John Seach

A volcanic dike is a planar sheet of magma parallel to the local rock strata. Dikes transport magma and sills store magma. 
Thikness of dikes can range from a few cm to 1 km. A single dike may exist over tens of kilometers in length.
 
 

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