Symmetric alternative to asymmetric rifting models

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 937-940

  Nagel, Thorsten J ^a   Buck, W Roger ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Detachment; Lower crust; Numerical model; Rifting

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; FAULT-BOUNDED BLOCKS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; RIFTING; THERMAL WEAKNESSES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THINNING; DETACHMENT FAULT; LOWER CRUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFTING;

EID: 9144227470     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20785.1     Document Type: Article

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