Mode of crustal extension determined by rheological layering

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 120-134

  Wijns, Chris ^a,b   Weinberg, Roberto ^c   Gessner, Klaus ^b   Moresi, Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental Extension; Fault spacing; Metamorphic core complex; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL ROCKS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGICAL LAYERING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

BRITTLENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

EARTH (PLANET);

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 22144444883     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.030     Document Type: Article

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