The flexural isostatic response of the lithosphere to extensional tectonics

Tectonophysics

Volumn 202, Issue 2-4, 1992, Pages 291-308

  Egan, S S ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN INFILL; CRUSTAL THINNING; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOOTWALL UPLIFT; LITHOSPHERE; TECTONIC LOADING; THERMAL PERTURBATION;

EID: 0026454795     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(92)90115-M     Document Type: Article

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