Extension of continental crust at the margin of the eastern Grand Banks, Newfoundland

Tectonophysics

Volumn 468, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 131-148

  Van Avendonk, Harm J A ^a   Lavier, Luc L ^a   Shillington, Donna J ^b   Manatschal, Gianreto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Canada; Continental breakup; Extension; Iberia Abyssal Plain; Newfoundland; Rifted margins; Rifting

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; EXTENSION; IBERIA ABYSSAL PLAIN; NEWFOUNDLAND; RIFTED MARGINS; RIFTING;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; GEODYNAMICS; MOHO; NORMAL FAULT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GRAND BANKS; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 62249182304     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.05.030     Document Type: Article

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