The effects of the spinel-garnet phase transition on the formation of rifted sedimentary basins

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 681-692

  Yamasaki, Tadashi ^a   Nakada, Masao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continental lithosphere; Sedimentary basin; Spinel garnet phase transition; Subsidence; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; GARNET; PHASE TRANSITION; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SPINEL; SUBSIDENCE;

EID: 0031461565     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01862.x     Document Type: Article

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