Rifting assisted by shear heating and formation of the Lomonosov Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 373, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-40

  Minakov, A N ^a   Podladchikov, Yu Yu ^b   Faleide, J I ^c   Huismans, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Microcontinents; Numerical geodynamic modeling; Passive continental margins; Rifting; Strike slip deformation

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMIC MODELING; MICROCONTINENTS; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; RIFTING; STRIKE-SLIP DEFORMATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFTING; SHEAR; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; KARA SEA; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

EID: 84878360955     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.042     Document Type: Article

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