Subsidence in intracontinental basins due to dynamic topography

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 252-264

  Heine, Christian ^a   Dietmar Muller R ^a   Steinberger, Bernhard ^b   Torsvik, Trond H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Center for Geodynamics   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anomalous tectonic subsidence; Crustal structure; Dynamic topography; Intracontinental basins; Plate motions

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

ANOMALOUS TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; INTRACONTINENTAL BASINS; PLATE MOTIONS;

SUBSIDENCE;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLATE MOTION; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 55749088085     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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