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The role of surface processes in basin inversion and breakup unconformity
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Abstract
At divergent plate boundaries, extensional tectonics lead to subsidence, continental rifting and the formation of continental margins. Yet, within this extensional context, transient compressional structures (stress inversion) and phases of uplift (depth inversion) are frequently recorded with no corresponding change in plate motion. Changes in gravitational potential energy during the rifting process have been invoked as a possible source of compressional stresses, but their magnitude, timing and relationship with depth inversions remain unclear. Using high-resolution 2D numerical experiments of the full rifting process, we track the dynamic... more
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5T91B
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Earth Sciences, Geology, Stratigraphy, Tectonics and Structure
Keywords
numerical modelling, passive margin, rifting, bassin
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Published: 2021-08-03 06:37
Last Updated: 2023-01-04 17:31
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