Neotectonic crustal uplift on the continents and its possible mechanisms. The case of Southern Africa

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 369-415

  Artyushkov, Eugene V ^a   Hofmann, Albrecht W ^b  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthenospheric upwelling; Asthenospheric viscosity; Erosion of lithosphere; Neotectonic uplift; Plume material; Southern Africa; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; MANTLE PLUME; OLIGOCENE; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032430981     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006563824961     Document Type: Article

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