Uplift and strength evolution of passive margins inferred from 2-D conductive modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 464-476

  Leroy, Marie ^a   Gueydan, Frédéric ^a   Dauteuil, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Heat flow; Numerical solutions; Rheology: crust and lithosphere

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERE; PASSIVE MARGIN; STRENGTH; THERMAL EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 37449029085     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03566.x     Document Type: Article

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