Estimation of crustal thinning by accounting for stretching and thinning of the sedimentary basin - An example from the Vøring margin, NE Atlantic

Tectonophysics

Volumn 457, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 224-238

  Wangen, Magnus ^a   Faleide, Jan Inge ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beta factor; Crustal thinning; Lithospheric extension; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL THINNING; ESTIMATION METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PALEOCENE; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SUBSIDENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 51749095914     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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