Matchsticks on parade: Vertical axis rotation in oblique divergence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Markley, Michelle J ^a   Tikoff, Basil ^b  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Block rotation; Crustal blocks; Crustal dynamics; Dynamic topography; Matchsticks; Transtension

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DIVERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TRANSTENSION;

EID: 0038065561     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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