Quantification and restoration of extensional deformation along the Western Iberia and Newfoundland rifted margins

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2575-2597

  Sutra, Emilie ^a   Manatschal, Gianreto ^a   Mohn, Geoffroy ^b   Unternehr, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

extensional deformation; magma poor rifted margins; North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

STRAIN RATE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; KINEMATIC RESTORATIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RIFTED MARGINS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRAIN AND STRAIN RATES;

RESTORATION;

ABYSSAL ZONE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGMA; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; RIFT ZONE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 84885122863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20135     Document Type: Article

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