Modes of continental lithospheric extension: Experimental verification of strain localization processes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 69-87

  Benes, Vladimir ^a   Davy, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSION; LOCALIZATION; RIFTING;

EID: 0029751794     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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