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Formation of rifted continental margins: a discussion of mechanisms
- Source: First Break, Volume 2, Issue 4, Apr 1984,
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- 01 Apr 1984
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Abstract
Since the inception of plate teetonic concepts in the mid-1960s, the importance of thermal processes in the formation of rifted continent al margins has gradually been realised. It is now generally accepted that continental margin sediments are exposed to a decreasing geothermal gradient with time after continental breakup.
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