Cratonic basins and the long-term subsidence history of continental interiors

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-70

  Armitage, John J ^a   Allen, Philipa ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; STRAIN RATE; SUBSIDENCE; SUPERCONTINENT;

EID: 74949122224     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-108     Document Type: Article

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