Extreme crustal thinning in the Bay of Biscay and the Western Pyrenees: From observations to modeling

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Jammes, Suzon ^a,b   Lavier, Luc ^c   Manatschal, Gianreto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; extreme crustal thinning; numerical modeling; Western Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEFORMATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TECTONICS;

BAY OF BISCAY; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; CRUSTAL THINNING; DETACHMENT FAULT; FLOWER STRUCTURES; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; JURASSIC; LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION; MANTLE ROCKS; NORMAL FAULTS; NUMERICAL MODELING; OCEAN BASINS; PYRENEES; RIFT BASIN; RIFT SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS ONLAPPING; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBCONTINENTAL MANTLE; TWO STAGE; UPPER PLATE; WESTERN PYRENEES;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; HANGING WALL; MODELING; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBLIQUE FAULT; OCEAN BASIN; RIFTING; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; PYRENEES;

EID: 78149289526     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003218     Document Type: Article

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