Lithospheric necking: a dynamic model for rift morphology

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 1986, Pages 373-383

  Zuber, M T ^a   Parmentier, E M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0022919953     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(86)90147-0     Document Type: Article

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