Talk:Sheeted dyke complex

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Somebody went to the trouble of disambiguating a link to dykes, yet sheeted dike comples is a redlink. Why? Gene Nygaard (talk) 15:12, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 20 August 2019 and 3 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Nworku3. Peer reviewers: Shopkins31.

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Hi! My name is Nathan, and I am a student editor for this article. After giving it a read, this article contains information that does not deviate from the topic at hand. Although all of the text directly addresses the topic of discussion, it does so using a lot of jargon that an average reader would not be able to follow up with. To help with this, the article makes good use of links that help define unfamiliar scientific terms, but this is not enough for the reader to gain a full understanding of the Sheeted Dyke Complex. The information given on the web page is extremely limited, and this also contributes to the lack of understanding. Adding more information, such as a detailed description of the causes of this natural occurrence, is necessary in order for the article to be complete.Nworku3 (talk) 13:23, 12 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

After looking around for some additional information, I came across a couple of journal articles that pertained to both specific occurrences of the sheeted dyke complex and the overall phenomenon:

Bibliography

Karson, Jeffrey A. (2018). "From Ophiolites to Oceanic Crust: Sheeted Dike Complexes and Seafloor Spreading." Dyke Swarms of the World: A Modern Perspective. Springer: Singapore. ISBN 978-981-13-1665-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1666-1_13

Karson, Jeffrey A; Hurst, Stephen D.; Lonsdale, Peter (1992). “Tectonic Rotations of Dikes in Fast-Spread Oceanic Crust Exposed near Hess Deep.” Geology. 20 (8): 685. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/20/8/685/189870/tectonic-rotations-of-dikes-in-fast-spread-oceanic

Marinoni, Laura B. (2001). "Crustal Extension from Exposed Sheet Intrusions: Review and Method Proposal." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 107 (1-3): 27-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(00)00318-8

Phillips-Lander, Charity M; Dilek, Yildirim (2009). “Structural Architecture of the Sheeted Dike Complex and Extensional Tectonics of the Jurassic Mirdita Ophiolite, Albania.” Lithos. 108 (1-4): 192–206.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024493708002181

Robinson, Paul T.; Malpas, John; Dilek, Yildirim; Zhou, Mei-fu (2008). “The Significance of Sheeted Dike Complexes in Ophiolites.” GSA Today : a Publication of the Geological Society of America. 18 (11): 4. https://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/18/11/abstract/i1052-5173-18-11-4.htm

Since my last post, I've added a few links into the article that shed some more light on a few of the terms used. I've also added a picture that I feel really helps the reader understand the growth patterns of the phenomenon.