Does thermal weakening explain basin inversion? Stochastic modelling of the thermal structure beneath sedimentary basins

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 113-127

  Hansen, D L ^a   Nielsen, S B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basin inversion; Lithosphere rheology; Monte Carlo analysis; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; HEAT FLOW; INVERSION TECTONICS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036263124     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00471-5     Document Type: Article

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