Factors controlling the mode of rift interaction in brittle-ductile coupled systems: A 3D numerical study

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Allken, Vaneeda ^a   Huismans, Ritske S ^a   Thieulot, Cedric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extensional continental tectonics; Geodynamics; Lithosphere; Numerical modeling; Rift interaction; Transform fault

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSFORM FAULTS; VISCOMETERS;

3D NUMERICAL MODEL; BRITTLE-DUCTILE COUPLING; CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DIFFERENT MODES; DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION; GRABEN SYSTEMS; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE EXTENSIONS; MAIN MODE; MODE TRANSITIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RIFT BASIN; RIFT INTERACTION; RIFT PROPAGATION;

GEODYNAMICS;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; RIFTING; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84862096732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004077     Document Type: Article

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