Development of volcanic passive margins: Three-dimensional laboratory models

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2-1-2-13

  Callot, Jean Paul ^a   Geoffroy, Laurent ^b   Brun, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Analogue modeling; Greenland; Mantle diapir; Soft point; Volcanic margin

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GEOMETRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFT ZONE; SEGMENTATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0036966718     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC901019     Document Type: Article

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