Cone sheets are widely distributed at the lower levels of volcanic complexes.
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|+Examples of cone sheet complexes
!Name!!Location!!Age!!Dominant rock type!!Reference |
| Ardnamurchan
|Scotland
|Paleogene
|dolerite
|[{{cite journal | title=The petrogenesis of Tertiary cone-sheets in Ardnamurchan, NW Scotland: petrological and geochemical constraints on crustal contamination and partial melting | first=Jörg | last=Geldmacher | first2=Karsten M. | last2=Haase | first3=Colin W. | last3= Devey | first4=C. Dieter | last4=Garbe-Schönberg | journal=Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology | year=1998 | volume=131 | issue=2–3 | pages=196–209 | doi=10.1007/s004100050388}}][{{Cite journal|last=Geldmacher|first=J.|last2=Troll|first2=V. R.|last3=Emeleus|first3=C. H.|last4=Donaldson|first4=C. H.|date=May 2002|title=Pb-isotope evidence for contrasting crustal contamination of primitive to evolved magmas from Ardnamurchan and Rum: implications for the structure of the underlying crust|url=https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg38010055|journal=Scottish Journal of Geology|volume=38|issue=1|pages=55–61|doi=10.1144/sjg38010055|issn=0036-9276}}] |
| Tejeda
|Gran Canaria
|Miocene
|trachyte, phonolite
|[{{Cite journal |last=Schirnick |first=C. |last2=van den Bogaard |first2=P. |last3=Schminke |first3=H.-U. |date=1999 |title=Cone sheet formation and intrusive growth of an oceanic island—The Miocene Tejeda complex on Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) |journal=Geology |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=207–210 |doi=10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0207:CSFAIG>2.3.CO;2}}] |
| Vallehermoso
|La Gomera
|Miocene
|trachyte, phonolite
|[{{cite journal | title=The felsic complex of the Vallehermoso Caldera: interior of an ancient volcanic system (La Gomera, Canary Islands) | first1=J.A. | last1=Rodriguez-Losada | first2=J. | last2=Martinez-Frias | journal=Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research | year=2004 | volume=137 | issue=4 | pages=261–284 | doi=10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.05.021}}] |
| Jabal Arknu
|Libya
|Tertiary
|
|[{{cite book | title=Geology of North Africa | publisher=CRC Press | author=Tawadros, E. Edward | year=2011 | location=Boca Raton | page=79 | isbn=9780415874205}}] |
| Otoge
|Japan
|Miocene
|alkali basalt, trachyandesite
|[{{cite journal | title=Structural development of dike swarms controlled by the change of magma supply rate: the cone sheets and parallel dike swarms of the Miocene Otoge igneous complex, Central Japan | last=Geshi | first=N. | journal=Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research | year=2005 | volume=141 | issue=3–4 | pages=267–281 | doi=10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.11.002}}] |
| Zarza
|Mexico
|Cretaceous
|gabbro
|[{{cite journal | title=Structure and emplacement history of a multiple-center, cone-sheet–bearing ring complex: The Zarza Intrusive Complex, Baja California, Mexico | last=Johnson | first=S. E. | last2=Paterson | first2=S. R. | last3=Tate | first3=M. C. | journal=Geological Society of America Bulletin | year=1999 | volume=111 | issue=4 | pages=607–619 | doi=10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<0607:SAEHOA>2.3.CO;2}}] |
| Houshihushan
|China
|Cretaceous
|granite porphyry
|[{{cite journal | title=Subterranean origin of accreted lapilli in cone-sheets of the houshihushan sub-volcanic ring complex, Shanhaiguan, China | last=Wen | first=X. | last2=Ma | first2=C. | last3=Mason | first3=R. | last4=Sang | first4=L. | last5=Zhao | first5=J. | journal=Journal of Earth Science | year=2015 | volume=26 |issue = 5| pages=661–668 | doi=10.1007/s12583-015-0581-4}}] |
| Boa Vista
|Cape Verde
|Miocene
|phonolite
|[{{cite journal | title=A new felsic cone-sheet swarm in the Central Atlantic Islands: The cone-sheet swarm of Boa Vista (Cape Verde) | first=Eumenio | last=Ancochea | first2=María José | last2=Huertas | first3=Francisco | last3=Hernán | first4=José Luis | last4=Brändle | journal=Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research | year=2014 | volume=274 | pages=1–15 | doi=10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.01.010}}] |
| Ruri Hills
|Kenya
|Miocene
|carbonatite
|[{{cite journal | url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/content/128/2/173.short | title=The history of the alkaline volcanoes and intrusive complexes of eastern Uganda and western Kenya | first=B. C. | last=King | first2=M. J. | last2=Le Bas | first3=D. S. | last3=Sutherland | journal=Journal of the Geological Society | year=1972 | volume=128 | issue=2 | pages=173–205 | doi=10.1144/gsjgs.128.2.0173}}] |
| Bagstowe
|Queensland
|late Paleozoic
|rhyolite
|[{{cite book | url=https://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/10535/Rec1959_104.pdf | title=Progress Report on Upper Palaeozoic Intrusions Controlled by Ring Fractures near Kidston, North Queensland | publisher=Bureau of Mineral Resources Geology and Geophysics, Department of National Development, Commonwealth of Australia | author=Branch, C.D. | year=1959}}] |
| Thverartindur
|Iceland
|Pliocene
|
|[{{cite journal | title=Geometry and mode of emplacement of the Thverartindur cone sheet swarm, SE Iceland | author=Klausen, M.B. | journal=Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research | year=2004 | volume=138 | issue=3–4 | pages=185–204 | doi=10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.05.022}}] |
| Tehilla
|Sudan
|Cambrian–Ordovician
|granite, monzonite
|[{{cite journal | title=Petrology and Evolution of the Tehilla Igneous Complex, Sudan | author=Ahmed, F. | journal=Journal of Geology | year=1977 | volume=85 | issue=3 | pages=331–343 | doi=10.1086/628303}}] |
