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f Finite Strain Rate Models of Thermal and Tectonic Subsidence in Detached Rifts
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 57th EAGE Conference and Exhibition, May 1995, cp-90-00392
- ISBN: 978-90-73781-06-1
Abstract
Contrasting styles of lithospheric thinning (extension) are investigated with kinematic two dimensional finite difference models. In these models lower and mid crustal detachment zones are represented by gradual change of extension, the P-factor, between the upper crust and lithosphere.