Control of the rheological structure of the lithosphere on the inward migration of tectonic activity during continental rifting

Tectonophysics

Volumn 490, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 165-172

  Corti, Giacomo ^a   Ranalli, Giorgio ^b   Mulugeta, Genene ^c   Agostini, Andrea ^d   Sani, Federico ^d   Zugu, Alessandro ^d  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental rifting; Lithosphere rheology; Rift evolution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY FAULTS; BRITTLE LAYERS; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL RIFT; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; FAULT MIGRATION; INTERNAL FAULTS; LOWER CRUST; MODEL RESULTS; RIFT FAULTS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SYN-RIFT; TECTONIC ACTIVITY; TOTAL RESISTANCE; UPPER CRUST;

BIOLOGY; CENTRIFUGATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; LOWER CRUST; MODELING; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPPER CRUST;

EID: 77954953887     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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