Strength reversal in Europe's intraplate lithosphere: Transition from basin inversion to lithospheric folding

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-288

  Cloetingh, S ^a   Van Wees, J D ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpine foreland; Basin inversion; Intraplate continental deformation; Lithospheric folding

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MESOZOIC RIFTING; MOHO DEPTH; STRENGTH REVERSAL;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL PLUMES;

GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; FOLDING; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; INVERSION TECTONICS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17144368812     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21051.1     Document Type: Article

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