The extension of the Vøring margin (NE Atlantic) in case of different degrees of magmatic underplating

Basin Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-100

  Wangen, Magnus ^a   Mjelde, Rolf ^b   Faleide, Jan Inge ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FORWARD MODELING; MAGMATISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UNDERPLATING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 78751534000     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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