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Sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body
In geology, a dike or dyke is a sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body. Dikes can be either magmatic or sedimentary in
Dike_(geology)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up dike or dyke in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dyke or dike may refer to: Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian" Dike (geology), formations
Dyke
Body of sedimentary rock cutting vertically across rock layers
many times width. Clastic dikes are found in sedimentary basin deposits worldwide. Formal geologic reports of clastic dikes began to emerge in the early
Clastic_dike
Geological structure
A dike swarm (American spelling) or dyke swarm (British spelling) is a large geological structure consisting of a major group of parallel, linear, or
Dike_swarm
Type of intrusive igneous body
ring dike or ring dyke is an intrusive igneous body that is circular, oval or arcuate in plan and has steep contacts. While the widths of ring dikes differ
Ring_dike
Volcanic pipe associated with a gaseous explosion
T. R. (1968). "The Moses Rock Dike: Geology, Petrology and Mode of Emplacement of a Kimberlite-Bearing Breccia Dike, San Juan County, Utah". Ph.D. Dissertation
Diatreme
Medium-grained intrusive rock
porphyry, quartz dolerite, and microgranite. Cone sheet Dike (geology) Igneous intrusion Sill (geology) "7 Plutons and Plutonic Rocks – Open Petrology". Retrieved
Subvolcanic_rock
Principle that the geologic feature which cuts another is the younger of the two
the unconformity which in turn is older than the dike. Using such rationale, the sequence of geological events can be better understood. Cross-cutting relationships
Cross-cutting_relationships
Rock formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava
Chile An igneous intrusion cut by a pegmatite dike, which in turn is cut by a dolerite dike Geology portal List of rock types Metamorphic rock – Rock
Igneous_rock
Mountain in Alaska, United States
Dike Mountain is a 6,650-foot (2,027 m) glaciated summit located in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is situated
Dike_Mountain
American geologist (1936–1979)
Richard (1968). The Moses Rock Dike: Geology, Petrology and Mode of Emplacement of a Kimberlite-Bearing Breccia Dike, San Juan County, Utah (PhD thesis)
Thomas_R._McGetchin
Scientific study of Earth's physical composition
Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical bodies, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes
Geology
Tabular intrusion between older layers of rock
magma flux. In contrast, a dike is a discordant intrusive sheet, which does cut across older rocks. Sills are fed by dikes, except in unusual locations
Sill_(geology)
Body of intrusive igneous rocks
In geology, an igneous intrusion (or intrusive body or simply intrusion) is a body of intrusive igneous rock that forms by crystallization of magma slowly
Igneous_intrusion
Rock types native to a specific area
discussed or observed. Settings in geology when the term country rock is used include: When describing a pluton or dike, the igneous rock can be described
Country_rock_(geology)
Series of parallel dykes characteristic of oceanic crust
Lonsdale, Peter (1992). "Tectonic rotations of dikes in fast-spread oceanic crust exposed near Hess Deep". Geology. 20 (8): 685. Bibcode:1992Geo....20..685K
Sheeted_dyke_complex
Circular geological feature in the Sahara desert
ring dikes. The inner ring dike is about 30 metres (98 ft) in width, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the center of the Richat Structure. The outer ring dike is
Richat_Structure
largest dike swarms. A dike swarm is a large geological structure consisting of a major group of parallel, linear, or radially oriented dikes intruded
Geology_of_Ontario
The geology of the Falkland Islands is described in several publications. The Falkland Islands are located on a projection of the Patagonian continental
Geology of the Falkland Islands
Geology_of_the_Falkland_Islands
Large igneous province in the North Atlantic, centered on Iceland
Eucrite intrusion of Ardnamurchan, Scotland: Reevaluating the ring-dike concept". Geology. 34 (3): 189–192. Bibcode:2006Geo....34..189O. doi:10.1130/G22294
North Atlantic Igneous Province
North_Atlantic_Igneous_Province
Large geological structure
The Barents Sea dike swarm is a dike swarm in the northern Barents Sea. It consists of two groups of dolerite dikes across the Svalbard and Franz Josef
Barents_Sea_dike_swarm
Large geological structure in Greenland
Kangaamiut dike swarm (old spelling: Kangâmiut) is a 2.04 billion year old dike swarm located in the Qeqqata region of western Greenland. The dikes cut Archean
Kangaamiut_dike_swarm
Ore deposits on Mars that may be useful to future colonists
Branch of the geology of Mars Dike (geology) – Sheet of rock that is formed in a fracture of a pre-existing rock body Geology of Mars – Geology of fourth
Ore_resources_on_Mars
Volcanic region hotter than the surrounding mantle
In geology, hotspots (or hot spots) are volcanic locales thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding
Hotspot_(geology)
Fracture or discontinuity in displaced rock
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass
Fault_(geology)
Mountain in Texas, United States
three dark dikes of basalt rising up through layers of tuff and sedimentary rock. Charles Christopher Parry accurately sketched this geological formation
Three_Dike_Hill
Mountains in the US state of Oklahoma
subvolcanic features: rhyolite and diabase dikes. These are poorly exposed, with the exception of a large diabase dike in the Mount Scott Granite revealed during
Wichita_Mountains
Large geological structure in California
The Independence Dike Swarm is a major Late Jurassic dike swarm extending over 373 miles (600 km) from the eastern Transverse Ranges northward to the east-central
Independence_dike_swarm
Unincorporated community in Texas, US
city of Dike; the measure failed, with 32 votes in favor against 108 opposed. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dike, Texas USPS
Dike,_Texas
This glossary of geology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to geology, its sub-disciplines, and related fields. For other terms related
Glossary_of_geology
Large geological structures in Canada
The Bella Bella and Gale Passage dike swarms are two parallel dike swarms on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. They range in age from 14
Bella Bella and Gale Passage dike swarms
Bella_Bella_and_Gale_Passage_dike_swarms
Type of igneous rock
rock chemically equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro. Diabase dikes and sills are typically shallow intrusive bodies and often exhibit fine-grained
Diabase
Geographic and geologic area of North America
2.7 Ga. The Canadian Shield also contains the Mackenzie dike swarm, which is the largest dike swarm known on Earth. The North American craton is the bedrock
Canadian_Shield
Mountain range in Haryana, India
present). Geologic province of Khanak-Tosham-Dharan-Riwasa-Nigana Khurd-Dulheri-Kharkari Makhwan-Dadam-Khanak is a narrow oval shaped ring dike of eroded
Tosham_Hill_range
Large geological structure in Canada
The Sudbury dike swarm, also called the Sudbury dikes, is a Mesoproterozoic dike swarm in northeastern Ontario, Canada. With an age of 1,238 million years
Sudbury_dike_swarm
Type of fracture in rock
In geology, and more specifically in structural geology, a joint is a break (fracture) of natural origin in a layer or body of rock that lacks visible
Joint_(geology)
Large geological structure in Canada
Matachewan dike swarm is a large 2,500 to 2,450 million year old Paleoproterozoic dike swarm of Northern Ontario, Canada. It consists of basaltic dikes that
Matachewan_dike_swarm
Orientation of a geologic feature
including sedimentary bedding, fractures, faults, joints, cuestas, igneous dikes and sills, metamorphic foliation and fabric, etc. Observations about a structure's
Strike_and_dip
River in Yakutia (Sakha Republic), Russia
kilometres (43 mi) long Kutuguna from the left. List of rivers of Russia Dike (geology) "Река Укукит in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in
Ukukit
Geology of second planet from the Sun
The geology of Venus is the scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Venus. Within the Solar System, it is the one nearest to
Geology_of_Venus
Hydrothermally altered epidote- and quartz-bearing rock
of slow hydrothermal alteration or metasomatism of the basaltic sheeted dike complex and associated plagiogranites that occurs below the massive sulfide
Epidosite
Large region of volcanic rock in Russia
around 4 million km3 (1 million cu mi). The term "trap" has been used in geology since 1785–1795 for such rock formations. It is derived from the Swedish
Siberian_Traps
The geology of Iceland is unique and so of particular interest to geologists. Iceland lies on the divergent boundary between the Eurasian plate and the
Geology_of_Iceland
Mountain in the American state of New Hampshire
of New Hampshire, United States. The remains of an ancient volcanic ring dike, they lie north of Lake Winnipesaukee, east of Squam Lake, and south of the
Ossipee_Mountains
Large geological structure in Canada
The Grenville dike swarm is a large Proterozoic dike swarm in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is one of the several major magmatic events
Grenville_dike_swarm
Dormant volcano in the Russian Far East
similar rocks with the mineral hornblende in them. Volcanic plateau Tuff Dike (geology) Mafic Toreva block Breccia Bezymianny Klyuchevskoy Tolbachik Kuril
Kamen_(volcano)
In geology, a contact is a boundary that separates one rock body from another. A contact can be formed during deposition, by the intrusion of magma, or
Contact_(geology)
Rock in walls of an area with geologic activity
emplaced, along a fault plane, enclosing a mineral deposit, or where a vein or dike is being emplaced. In volcanoes, wall rock can often become broken off the
Wall_rock
Large geological structure in Canada
The Franklin dike swarm, also called the Franklin dikes, is a Proterozoic dike swarm of the Franklin Large Igneous Province in Northern Canada. It is
Franklin_dike_swarm
Geological feature in East Africa
In this part of the depression, most of the extension is accommodated by dike intrusions, and not by faulting. The northern part of the Depression is dominated
Danakil_Depression
Type of rock
Grenville orogeny. The llanite intruded into older rocks as dikes.[better source needed] The geology of northeast Africa is very similar to that of Texas, and
Llanite
Geological feature in Zimbabwe
The Great Dyke or Dike is a linear geological feature that trends nearly north-south through the centre of Zimbabwe passing just to the west of the capital
Great_Dyke
Island in American Samoa
lies near the Masefau Dike Complex, a geological structure on Tutuila Island composed of hundreds of basaltic dikes. These dikes range in width from a
Nuusetoga_Island
Divergent plate boundary off the coast of the Pacific Northwest region of North America
M.J. (2007). "Rapid dike emplacement leads to eruptions and hydrothermal plume release during seafloor spreading events". Geology. 35 (7): 579–582. Bibcode:2007Geo
Juan_de_Fuca_Ridge
Topics referred to by the same term
program for Microsoft Windows Apophysis (geology), a discordant offshoot from another body, such as a sill, dike, or pluton Apophasis Apophis (disambiguation)
Apophysis
Change of minerals in pre-existing rocks without melting into liquid magma
maximum paleotemperature next to dikes, western onshore Gippsland Basin, Australia". International Journal of Coal Geology. 37 (1–2): 73–111. Bibcode:1998IJCG
Metamorphism
Geology of the area in California and Nevada
exposed geology of the Death Valley area presents a diverse and complex set of at least 23 formations of sedimentary units, two major gaps in the geologic record
Geology of the Death Valley area
Geology_of_the_Death_Valley_area
Large geological structure in Canada
The Long Range dikes are a Neoproterozoic mafic dike swarm of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It consists of a large igneous province with an area
Long_Range_dikes
Hot semifluid material found beneath the surface of Earth
as lava, or it may solidify underground to form an intrusion, such as a dike, a sill, a laccolith, a pluton, or a batholith. While the study of magma
Magma
Mountain in New York, United States
Avalanche Mountain to the northwest. A dike located on the west face, known as the Trap Dike, Avalanche Dike, and Colden Dike, is composed of metamorphic rock
Mount_Colden
Geologic description of the Appalachian Mountains
The geology of the Appalachians dates back more than 1.2 billion years to the Mesoproterozoic era when two continental cratons collided to form the supercontinent
Geology_of_the_Appalachians
Craton forming the geological core of North America
Greenstone Belt of western Greenland preserves oceanic crust containing sheeted dike complexes. These provide evidence to geologists that mid-ocean ridges existed
Laurentia
The geology of Madagascar comprises a variety of rocks of Precambrian age which make up the larger part of the east and centre of the island. They are
Geology_of_Madagascar
of the day on March 29, 2024. Craters Dike (geology) Geology of Mars Head, J., J. Mustard. 2006. Breccia dikes and crater-related faults in impact craters
Linear_ridge_networks
Geologic discontinuity feature, often a joint or fault
layer of rock dike – a fracture filled with sedimentary or igneous rock not originating in the fracture formation fault – (in a geologic sense) a fracture
Fracture_(geology)
Mountain in Tanzania, highest in Africa
northeast, with a tower-like shape resulting from deep erosion and a mafic dike swarm. Several large cirques cut into the ring and the largest of these sits
Mount_Kilimanjaro
English valley
Devil's Dyke, also sometimes called Satan's ditch, is a 100-metre (330 ft) deep V-shaped dry valley on the South Downs in Sussex in southern England, 5
Devil's_Dyke,_Sussex
Huge regional accumulation of igneous rocks
plateaus, large dike swarms (the eroded roots of a volcanic province), and volcanic rifted margins. Mafic basalt sea floors and other geological products of
Large_igneous_province
Last major eruption of Mount Fuji (1707–08)
acting on the dike system which had the effect of clasping the dike as well as the melts. The magma chambers were compressed, and the dike was buckled,
Hōei_eruption
Layer of sediment, sedimentary rock, or pyroclastic material
igneous dikes cutting through sedimentary bedding. Look up bed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fold (geology) Geological formation Geological unit Interbedding
Bed_(geology)
Diabase dike in Nova Scotia, Canada
The Shelburne dike, also known as the Great Dike, is a large northeast-trending Mesozoic diabase dike in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is 140 km
Shelburne_dike
Mountain in New Mexico, United States
The Canyon is partially barred by a roughly north-south trending diabase dike. Westwards is the valley of the Jornada del Muerto, the Sierra Caballo mountains
Victorio_Peak
Magmatic rock formed below the surface
crystallizes, and solidifies underground to form intrusions, such as batholiths, dikes, sills, laccoliths, and volcanic necks. Intrusion is one of the two ways
Intrusive_rock
City in Iowa, USA
Dike is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,304 at the 2020 census, an increase of 38% over the total of 944 residents in
Dike,_Iowa
Large geological structure in Uruguay
(1993). "Early Proterozoic dike swarms from western Uruguay: geochemistry, Sr-Nd isotopes and petrogenesis". Chemical Geology. 106 (3–4): 263–277. Bibcode:1993ChGeo
Uruguayan_dyke_swarms
The geology of Maine is part of the broader geology of New England and eastern North America. Maine's geologic past is unknown prior to 650 million years
Geology_of_Maine
Structures in rock caused by extension
Boudinage is a geological term for structures formed by extension, where a rigid tabular body such as hornfels, is stretched and deformed amidst less competent
Boudinage
Map of a region on Mars
and back—across a planet-wide hydrological cycle. Climate of Mars Dike (geology) Geology of Mars Groundwater on Mars HiRISE HiWish program Impact crater
Sinus_Sabaeus_quadrangle
Lithostratigraphic unit in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
Grand Canyon. Specific names have been assigned to individual plutons and dike swarms because the plutons and swarms differ greatly in their age, origin
Vishnu_Basement_Rocks
Extinct volcano in Mississippi, USA
Dome intrusion. Geologists have evidence of repeated uplifts accompanied by dike intrusions and volcanic extrusions, erosion, and sedimentation with one coral
Jackson_Volcano
Lenticular igneous intrusion with a depressed central region
region. Lopoliths are generally concordant with the intruded strata with dike or funnel-shaped feeder bodies below the body. The term was first defined
Lopolith
Island in French Polynesia
surround the central island and protect it from the open sea as if it were a dike. It is a barrier reef with only one opening to the ocean: the Teavanui Passage
Bora_Bora
Transitional concept of geologic time
The rock cycle is a basic concept in geology that describes transitions through geologic time among the three main rock types: sedimentary, metamorphic
Rock_cycle
Large geological structure in Finland
and western and central Finland. They are made up of Subjotnian diabase dikes, associated with rapakivi magmatism. They were most likely formed on the
Satakunta_dyke_swarms
River channel in Minnesota, US
is lower than the level of the dike, and flooding at Lake Traverse has the potential to drain over the Browns Valley Dike into the Minnesota River watershed
Traverse_Gap
forming dikes and sills. In 1981, geologists suggested that volcanism at Piton des Neiges may be closely linked to regional structural geology. The main
Geology_of_Réunion
pegmatite dikes containing quartz, feldspar and mica. Other igneous rocks found in the old metamorphic belt are amphibolite and dolerite dikes. Serpentinite
Geology_of_Taiwan
Significant mountain range
division may differ, such as morphotectonic (based on geology and geomorphology) or regional geology. Tectonic division applied in this article is based
Geology of the Western Carpathians
Geology_of_the_Western_Carpathians
and team leader for the restoration and preservation of the Herbert Hoover Dike, which surrounds Florida's Lake Okeechobee. "BCI Engineers and Scientists
BCI_Engineers_&_Scientists
Constraints from Geochronology and Paleomagnetism" (PDF). The Journal of Geology. 106 (5): 553–564. Bibcode:1998JG....106..553M. doi:10.1086/516041. Archived
Alnö_Complex
Phenomenon where interior material reaches the surface of an astronomical body
pressure in the dike exceeds that of the enclosing rock at the top of the dike, and the pressure of the rock is greater than that of the dike at its bottom
Volcanism
Type of ultrapotassic igneous rock
uncommon, small-volume ultrapotassic igneous rocks primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths, laccoliths, stocks, and small intrusions. They are alkaline
Lamprophyre
Blue sapphire variety
"Timing of Emplacement of the Sapphire-Bearing Yogo Dike, Little Belt Mountains, Montana". Economic Geology. 91 (6). Littleton, CO: Society of Economic Geologists
Yogo_sapphire
Platinum-rich formation in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Russian Platinum group) has developed this alluvial platinum deposit. Ring dike "Konder Massif, Siberia: Lunar Crater?". Seen from Space 2005. JAXA. 21 October
Kondyor_Massif
Monadnock in San Juan County, New Mexico
of a volcanic neck, is composed of fractured volcanic breccia and black dikes of igneous rock called minette, a type of lamprophyre. It is the erosional
Shiprock
Largest and most populous Canary island
7 million years), its deep erosive processes, and the dense network of dikes piercing the massif, its surface exposes numerous outcroppings of both phonolitic
Tenerife
Battle in Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings"
(400 metres) down from the gate was an outer trench and rampart, Helm's Dike, built right across the Deeping-coomb. Tolkien drew detailed sketches of
Battle_of_Helm's_Deep
River in the United States and Canada
recreational amenities. The trees and greenery help absorb floodwaters. A dike system was constructed outside this area on both sides to protect the cities
Red_River_of_the_North
Slab of oceanic crust
from the Earth's upper mantle, along with cumulate rocks, gabbros, sheeted dike complexes, and volcanic sequences, providing a vertical profile of oceanic
Samail_Ophiolite
Geology of a U.S. national park in California
The Lassen volcanic area presents a geological record of sedimentation and volcanic activity in and around Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California
Geology of the Lassen volcanic area
Geology_of_the_Lassen_volcanic_area
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Greek
Justice.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Dyke.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point, from Old English pīc ‘point’, ‘hill’, which was a relatively common place name element.English : metonymic occupational name for a pike fisherman or nickname for a predatory individual, from Middle English pike.English : metonymic occupational name for a user of a pointed tool for breaking up the earth, Middle English pike. Compare Pick.English : metonymic occupational name for a medieval foot soldier who used a pike, a weapon consisting of a sharp pointed metal end on a long pole, Middle English pic (Old French pique, of Germanic origin).English : nickname for a tall, thin person, from a transferred sense of one of the above.English : from a Germanic personal name (derived from the root ‘sharp’, ‘pointed’), found in Middle English and Old French as Pic.English : nickname from Old French pic ‘woodpecker’, Latin picus. Compare Pye and Speight.Irish : in the south, of English origin; in Ulster a variant Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Péice (see McPeake).Americanized spelling of German Peik, from Middle Low German pēk ‘sharp, pointed tool or weapon’. Compare 4 above or from a Germanic personal name (see 6 above).John Pike brought his family to Boston from England in 1635 and settled in Newbury, MA. His son Robert was a leading citizen and a vigorous defender of civil and religious liberty in colonial MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Duck.
Female
Hungarian
Hungarian pet form of Greek Eva, ÉVIKE means "life."
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian and Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish : variant of Vik.English : variant of Wick.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English diche, dike, Old English dīc ‘dike’, ‘earthwork’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a ditcher or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike. The medieval dike was larger and more prominent than the modern ditch, and was usually constructed for purposes of defense rather than drainage.Americanized spelling of Dutch Dijk (see Dyck).
Male
English
Pet form of English Michael, MIKE means "who is like God?"
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dyke.
Female
Yiddish
Yiddish form of Hebrew Diynah, DINE means "judgment."
Male
English
Pet form of English Isaac, IKE means "he will laugh."
Girl/Female
Greek
Justice.
Male
Native American
Native American Navajo name SIKE means "he sits at home."
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : from Middle English duk(e) ‘duke’ (from Old French duc, from Latin dux, genitive ducis ‘leader’), applied as an occupational name for someone who worked in the household of a duke, or as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces.English and Irish : possibly also from the personal name Duke, a short form of Marmaduke, a personal name said to be from Irish mael Maedoc ‘devotee (mael, maol ‘bald’, ‘tonsured one’) of Maedoc’, a personal name (M’Aodhóg) meaning ‘my little Aodh’, borne by various early Irish saints, in particular a 6th-century abbot of Clonmore and a 7th-century bishop of Ferns.Scottish : compare the old Danish personal name Duk (Old Norse Dūkr).In some cases, possibly an Americanized form of French Leduc or Spanish Duque.Possibly an Americanized spelling of Polish Duk, a nickname from dukac ‘to stammer or falter’.
Girl/Female
Greek
In Greek mythology Nike was the goddess of victory.
Female
Gypsy/Romani
 Possibly a Romani form of Hungarian Duci, DIKA means "of Magdala."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English dyse, dyce ‘die’, ‘dice’, ‘chance’, ‘luck’, probably applied as a nickname for an habitual dice player or gambler or as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of dice. Compare Deas.Possibly also an Americanized spelling of German Deiss.
Boy/Male
Hebrew American English
Who is like God? Gift from God. In the Bible, St. Michael was the conqueror of Satan and patron...
Female
German
Short form of German Friederike, RIKE means "peaceful ruler."
Boy/Male
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Who is Like God; Form of Michael
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