StyleS'Of extensional decoupling

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 699-702

  Hopper Danish, John R ^a   Roger Buck, W ^b  

^a Lithosphère Center   (Denmark)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCED PRESSURE GRADIENT; LITHOSPHERIC; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LOWER CRUST; UPPER CRUST; LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE;

GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; UPPER CRUST; EXTENSION; RIFTING;

EID: 84874953334     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0699:soed>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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