Successive detachment faults and mantle unroofing at magma-poor rifted margins

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1071-1074

  Reston, Tim J ^a   McDermott, Ken G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; CUT-THROUGH; DEPTH IMAGE; DETACHMENT FAULT; NEWFOUNDLANDS; ROOT ZONE; SLIP SURFACES;

FAULT SLIPS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THINNING; DEPTH; DETACHMENT FAULT; FAULT; MANTLE; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC METHOD; SERPENTINE; UNROOFING;

CANADA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 84857481607     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32428.1     Document Type: Article

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