Along-strike variations in rifted margin crustal architecture and lithosphere thinning between northern Vøring and Lofoten margin segments off mid-Norway

Tectonophysics

Volumn 458, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 68-81

  Tsikalas, F ^a   Faleide, J I ^a   Kusznir, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt emplacement; Bivrost Lineament; Lithosphere stretching; Mid Norway margin; Passive margins

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; DETACHMENT FAULT; EMPLACEMENT; MODELING; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; SUBSIDENCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOFOTEN MARGIN; NORWEGIAN SEA; VORING MARGIN;

EID: 52049126639     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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