Continental rifting as a function of lithosphere mantle strength

Tectonophysics

Volumn 460, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 83-93

  Gueydan, Frédéric ^a   Morency, Christina ^a   Brun, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Continental rifts; Extensional tectonics; Lithosphere rheology; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING;

EID: 54849436823     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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