The rift to drift transition at non-volcanic margins: Insights from numerical modelling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 458-473

  Pérez Gussinyé, Marta ^a,e   Morgan, Jason Phipps ^b   Reston, Timothy J ^c   Ranero, César R ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continent ocean transition; Melting; Non volcanic margins; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

CONTINENT-OCEAN TRANSITION; DRIFT TRANSITION; NON-VOLCANIC MARGINS; NUMERICAL MODELLING;

BASALT; COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; TRANSITION FLOW;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MAGMATISM; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; RIFT ZONE;

EID: 33645510087     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.059     Document Type: Article

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