A rheological weak zone intensified by post-rift thermal relaxation as a possible origin of simple shear deformation associated with reactivation of rifting

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 134-146

  Yamasaki, Tadashi ^a   O'Reilly, Brian ^a   Readman, Peter ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

grain size refinement; post rift thermal relaxation; reactivation of rifting; simple shear deformation; spinel plagioclase lherzolite reaction

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CATCHMENTS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TEMPERATURE;

GRAIN-SIZE REFINEMENT; MULTI-RIFTING EVENTS; POST-RIFT THERMAL RELAXATION; SPINEL/PLAGIOCLASE-LHERZOLITE REACTION;

RHEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; GRAIN SIZE; LHERZOLITE; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLAGIOCLASE; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SPINEL;

EID: 33746527599     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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