Thermal weakening localizes intraplate deformation along the southern Australian continental margin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 305, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 207-214

  Holford, Simon P ^a   Hillis, Richard R ^a   Hand, Martin ^a   Sandiford, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Earthquakes; Heat flow; Intraplate deformation; Neotectonics

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FAULT REACTIVATION; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLOWS; INTRAPLATE DEFORMATION; LOW LEVEL; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLIOCENE; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; THERMAL PROPERTIES; UPPER MANTLE;

EARTHQUAKES; HEAT TRANSFER; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DEFORMATION;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUST; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; HEAT FLOW; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; UPPER MANTLE;

AUSTRALIA; FLINDERS RANGE; MURRAY BASIN; NULLARBOR PLAIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 79953750251     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.056     Document Type: Article

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