The role of gravitational instabilities, density structure and extension rate in the evolution of continental margins

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 282, Issue , 2007, Pages 139-156

  Burov, E ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION; EXTENSION; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 34548236440     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP282.7     Document Type: Article

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