On the structure and mechanical behaviour of the extending lithosphere in the Baikal Rift from gravity modelling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 29-42

  Petit, Carole ^a   Burov, Evgene ^b,c   Déverchère, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Bur Rech Geologiques et Minieres   (France)

Author keywords

Baikal rift zone; Crustal thinning; Gravity surveys; Models; Rifting

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; EXTENSION; GRAVITY SURVEY; LITHOSPHERE; RIFTING;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIBERIA, BAIKAL RIFT;

EID: 0030665120     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00067-8     Document Type: Article

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