Evolution of magma-poor continental margins from rifting to seafloor spreading

Nature

Volumn 413, Issue 6852, 2001, Pages 150-154

  Whitmarsh, R B ^a   Manatschal, G ^b   Minshull, T A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MAGMATISM; SEAFLOORS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0035855938     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35093085     Document Type: Article

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