Analogue experiments of propagation of oblique rifts

Tectonophysics

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 121-132

  Mart, Yossi ^a   Dauteuil, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Analogue experiments; Internal rift basins; Oblique rifting; Tectonic extension; Transfer zones

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; OBLIQUE FAULT; RIFTING;

EID: 0034030126     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00231-0     Document Type: Article

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