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  Figure 8.2a-b: Spring and block model for dike. a) Before dike emplacement compression, C, acts across the prospective dike plane; K/2 is the spring constant. b) Pressure, P, compresses springs and model dike opens with displacement, u, in both directions.  
         
 
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