The rift to break-up evolution of the Gulf of Aden: Insights from 3D numerical lithospheric-scale modelling

Tectonophysics

Volumn 607, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-79

  Brune, Sascha ^a   Autin, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

3D numerical modelling; Extensional deformation; Gulf of Aden; Lithosphere geodynamics; Oblique rifting; Surface stress visualisation

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTICITY;

3D NUMERICAL MODELLING; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; GULF OF ADEN; OBLIQUE RIFTING; SURFACE STRESS;

FAULT SLIPS;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISPLACEMENT; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOPLASTICITY;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84886281613     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.06.029     Document Type: Article

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