Analogue modelling of continental extension: A review focused on the relations between the patterns of deformation and the presence of magma

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 169-247

  Corti, Giacomo ^a   Bonini, Marco ^b   Conticelli, Sandro ^c   Innocenti, Fabrizio ^a   Manetti, Piero ^b   Sokoutis, Dimitrios ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Continental extension; Magma emplacement; Rift kinematics

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGMATISM; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; UNDERPLATING;

EID: 0242457656     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(03)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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