Change in tectonic force inferred from basin subsidence: Implications for the dynamical aspects of back-arc rifting in the western Mediterranean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 174-183

  Yamasaki, Tadashi ^a   Stephenson, Randell ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

back arc basin; crustal heterogeneity; lithosphere rheology; subduction dynamics; tectonic force; tectonic subsidence

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC BASIN; CRUSTAL HETEROGENEITY; LITHOSPHERE RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION DYNAMICS; TECTONIC FORCE; TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE;

ALUMINUM; CAVITY RESONATORS; COLLOIDS; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; SUBSIDENCE; VISCOSITY;

TECTONICS;

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); VALENCIA TROUGH;

EID: 57749114528     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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