Small-scale convection during continental rifting: Evidence from the Rio Grande rift

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 575-578

  van Wijk, Jolante ^a   van Hunen, J ^b   Goes, S ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical models; Rio Grande rift; Tomography

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; RIO GRANDE RIFT; TOMOGRAPHY;

COLLOIDS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEISMOLOGY; TESTING; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE RIFT;

EID: 50349101475     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24691A.1     Document Type: Article

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