Experimental models of extension of continental lithosphere weakened by percolation of asthenospheric melts

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 465-483

  Corti, Giacomo ^a   Bonini, Marco ^a   Innocenti, Fabrizio ^b,c   Manetti, Piero ^b   Piccardo, Giovanni B ^d   Ranalli, Giorgio ^e  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analogue modelling; Continental break up; Lithospheric thinning; Mantle percolation and impregnation; Strain localisation

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; EXTENSION; PERCOLATION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; THINNING;

EID: 34247096031     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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