Crustal rheology and its effect on rift basin styles

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 193, Issue , 2001, Pages 221-233

  Gartrell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL RHEOLOGY; DIFFERENT DENSITIES; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; INITIAL PERTURBATION; LAYER THICKNESS; PRINCIPAL STRESS; RHEOLOGICAL STRATIFICATION; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT;

SHEAR FLOW;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PERTURBATION; RHEOLOGY; RIFT ZONE; SHEAR STRESS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 33751316372     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1193-2.221     Document Type: Article

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