The long-term thermal consequences of rifting: Implications for basin reactivation

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-43

  Sandiford, Mike ^a   Frederiksen, S ^b   Braun, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; HEAT SOURCE; REACTIVATION; RIFTING; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMOMECHANICS;

EID: 0037341514     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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