Asymmetric rifts due to asymmetric Mohos: An experimental approach

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 315-329

  Corti, Giacomo ^a   Manetti, Piero ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

analogue modelling; continental rifting; passive margins; pre rift crustal structure; rift asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ANALOGUE MODELLING; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; PASSIVE MARGINS; PRE-RIFT CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; RIFT ASYMMETRY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MOHO; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFT ZONE; UPLIFT;

EID: 33646046473     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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