Steep bending of continental lithosphere without its stretching or plate collision: An indication for lithospheric failure and phase transitions

Terra Nova

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-105

  Artyushkov, Eugene V ^a   Mörner, Nils Axel ^b  

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

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BLACK SEA; CASPIAN SEA;

EID: 0345561669     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1998.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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