Complex rifted continental margins explained by dynamical models of depth-dependent lithospheric extension

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-166

  Huismans, Ritske S ^a,b   Beaumont, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depth dependent extension; Dynamic modeling; Passive margins; Rifting; Salt basins; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

DEPTH-DEPENDENT EXTENSION; LITHOSPHERE; PASSIVE MARGINS; RIFTING;

DYNAMIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; KINEMATICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 44449170955     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24231A.1     Document Type: Article

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