Modeling heterogeneous stretching during episodic or steady rifting of the continental lithosphere

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 895-898

  Mulugeta, Genene ^a   Ghebreab, Woldai ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Episodic rifting; Heterogeneous stretching; Isostasy; Steady rifting; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DUCTILITY; GEOMETRY; RHEOLOGY;

LITHOSPHERE;

GEOLOGY;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; GEODYNAMICS; ISOSTASY; RIFTING;

EID: 84874980466     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0895:MHSDEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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