Formation of the superdeep South Caspian basin: subsidence driven by phase change in continental crust

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1002-1014

  Artyushkov, E V ^a  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; crustal subsidence; lithospheric rheology; phase change; seismicity; South Caspian basin; subduction

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEPOSITION; ECLOGITE; GABBRO; OCEANIC CRUST; PHASE TRANSITION; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE;

CASPIAN BASIN; EURASIA;

EID: 36249024781     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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