Large uplift of rift flanks: A genetic link with lithospheric rigidity?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 1-4, 1992, Pages 195-211

  Chery J ^a   Lucazeau, F ^a   Daignieres M ^a   Vilotte, J P ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXURAL BENDING; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERE; RIFT FLANK; RIGIDITY; UPLIFT;

EID: 0027063816     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(92)90016-O     Document Type: Article

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