Constraints on the deformation and rupturing of continental lithosphere of the Red Sea: The transition from rifting to drifting

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 282, Issue , 2007, Pages 265-289

  Cochran, J R ^a   Karner, G D ^b  

^a Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; RUPTURE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 34548259455     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP282.13     Document Type: Article

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