Model for the formation of large, transtensional basins in zones of tectonic escape

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-214

  Mann, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

EXTENSIONAL STRESS; FAULT ZONE; GRAVITY ACTINGS; OCEANIC CRUST; PULL-APART; SPREADING RIDGE; STEP-OVERS; TECTONIC SETTINGS; AT FAULTS; CENOZOIC;

FAULTING;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL CRUST; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; GRAVITY FLOW; OCEANIC CRUST; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; BASIN DEVELOPMENT; DEFORMATION; STRIKE SLIP; TECTONIC ESCAPE; TRANSTENSION;

EID: 0030751732     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0211:MFTFOL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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