The Baikal rift zone: The effect of mantle plumes on older structure

Tectonophysics

Volumn 371, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 153-173

  Zorin, Yu A ^a   Turutanov, E Kh ^a   Mordvinova, V V ^a   Kozhevnikov, V M ^a   Yanovskaya, T B ^b   Treussov, A V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH S CRUST   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Isostatic anomalies; Mantle plumes; Prerift structure; Rift half grabens

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GRABEN; GRAVITY ANOMALY; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; MOHO; RIFT ZONE;

BAIKAL RIFT ZONE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0041827369     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00214-2     Document Type: Article

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