The cause of loss of lithospheric rigidity in areas far from plate tectonic activity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 752-776

  Artyushkov, Eugene V ^a   Mörner, Nils Axel ^b   Tarling, Donald H ^c  

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

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective elastic thickness; Lithosphere; Metamorphism; Rheology; Sedimentary basin

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; METAMORPHISM; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 0034529661     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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