Rift-zone development around a plume-related magma centre on the Isle of Skye (Scotland): A model for stress inversions

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 230-237

  Doubre, Cécile ^a   Geoffroy, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; RIFT ZONE; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VOLCANO;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041326797     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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