The long-term topographic response of a continent adjacent to a hyperextended margin: A case study from scandinavia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 184-200

  Redfield, T F ^a   Osmundsen, P T ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION COUPLINGS; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FOOTWALL UPLIFT; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION; JURASSIC; RELATIVE LOCATION; SCANDINAVIA; TENSILE BENDING STRESS; THERMAL COOLING; UNIFIED SYSTEM;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THINNING; ESCARPMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; JURASSIC; LITHOSPHERE; MASS TRANSFER; NORMAL FAULT; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEISMICITY; UPLIFT;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84872670014     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30691.1     Document Type: Article

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