Plumes and geodynamics of the Baikal rift zone

Geologiya i Geofizika

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 685-699

  Zorin, Yu A ^a   Turutanov, E Kh ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asthenospheric upwarp; Mantle plumes; Prerift structures; Rift; Tensile stress

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CENOZOIC; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME;

BAIKAL RIFT ZONE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33747062393     PISSN: 00167886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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