DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16746883
title: Geological Property and Tensile Strength Data for Sill Emplacement Study

description: Geological Property and Tensile Strength Data for Sill Emplacement Study=========================================================================

Authors-------Martino Foschi, Joe Cartwright  Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3AN, Oxford, UK  

Dataset Description-------------------This dataset contains geological and geomechanical properties used in the study of sill emplacement associated with dyke swarm propagation.

- `Table_2.csv` contains location-specific geological data including unit thicknesses and densities for six stations. These parameters were used to compute sill depths, magma pressures, and stress distributions for the emplacement modelling.- `Table_S1.csv` contains tensile strength values for the host rocks at the same stations, used to estimate the work done during sill emplacement. Monte Carlo simulations (N = 1E6) were performed using uniform distributions based on these values.

File Descriptions-----------------

`Table_2.csv`  - Columns:    - Station: Station number (1 to 6)    - Property: Geological property (e.g., thickness, density)    - Unit: Lithological unit (e.g., chalk, salt, basement)    - Min: Minimum value    - Max: Maximum value    - Mean: Mean value    - STD: Standard deviation    - Reference: Source reference (coded a–ν)  - Notes:    - Units are in meters (m) for thickness and kg/m³ for density.    - Reference codes are defined below.

`Table_S1.csv`  - Columns:    - Station: Station number (1 to 6)    - Intrusion: Type of intrusion (e.g., sill, dyke)    - Host rock: Host lithology    - Mean: Mean tensile strength (MPa)    - Min: Minimum tensile strength (MPa)    - Max: Maximum tensile strength (MPa)    - Reference: Source citation  - Notes:    - Units are in megapascals (MPa).

Citation--------Foschi, M., & Cartwright, J.A. (2025). Geological Property and Tensile Strength Data for Sill Emplacement Study [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16746884

TABLE 1 a, Cameron et al., 1992; b, Lott and Knox, 1993; c, Fabricius, 2003; d, Fabricius, 2007;                                 e, Cartwright et al., 2025; f, Mondol et al., 2015; g, Hughes and Davison, 1993; h, Stewart and Coward, 1995;                                 i, Kimbell and Williamson, 2015; j, Fairhead et al., 2023; k, Blundell, 1993; l, Rijkers et al. 1993;                                 m, Mavko et al., 2020; n, Jackson and Hudec, 2017; o, Sparks et al., 1980; p, Murase and McBirney, 1973;                                 q, Ryan, 1993; r, Gudmundsson, 2020; s, Williamson et al. 2002; t, Kimbell et al., 1989;                                 u, Kimbell et al., 2010; v, Donato, 2020; x, Land et al. 1987; y, Fox-Strangeways et al. 1992; z, Mills et al., 1976; α, Bott et al. 1984; β, Cameron and Stephenson, 1985; γ, Caldwell and Young, 2013;                                 δ, Eyles et al. 1949; ε, Mykura, 1967; ζ, Smellie, 1915; η, Evans, 1985; θ, Kynaston and Hill, 1908;                                 ι, Lee and Bailey, 1925; κ, Groome and Hall, 1974; λ, Bailey, 1934; μ, Harris and Pitcher, 1975;                                 ν, Barton, 1992.    

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