A seismodynamical model of lithosphere deformation: Development of continental and oceanic rift networks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 16155-16176

  Heimpel, M ^a,b   Olson, Peter ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERE; RIFT; RIFTING; SEISMICITY; SEISMODYNAMICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030485605     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00168     Document Type: Article

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