Continental extension: From core complexes to rigid block faulting

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 609-612

  Rosenbaum, Gideon ^a   Regenauer Lieb, Klaus ^a,b   Weinberg, Roberto ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Block faulting; Core complexes; Corsica; Extension; Ligurian Sea; Numerical models

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SEPARATION; RIGID BLOCK FAULTING; SELF-ORGANIZED MOBILIZATION; THERMOMECHANICAL NUMERICAL MODEL;

CRYSTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATION; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS;

CORSE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21944433207     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21477.1     Document Type: Article

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