The role of structural inheritance in oblique rifting: Insights from analogue models and application to the Gulf of Aden

Tectonophysics

Volumn 607, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-64

  Autin, Julia ^a   Bellahsen, Nicolas ^b   Leroy, Sylvie ^b   Husson, Laurent ^c,d   Beslier, Marie Odile ^e   d'Acremont, Elia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Analogue model; Gulf of Aden; Oblique rifting; Rifted margins; Structural inheritance; Transform margins

Indexed keywords

ANALOGUE MODELING; GULF OF ADEN; OBLIQUE RIFTING; RIFTED MARGINS; STRUCTURAL INHERITANCE; TRANSFORM MARGIN;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; TECTONICS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANALOG MODEL; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FRACTURE ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MIOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBLIQUE FAULT; OLIGOCENE; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; SPREADING CENTER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84886300178     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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