Tectonic Inheritance in Continental Rifts and Passive Margins
This work reviews the mechanism of rifting with a focus on pre-existing tectonic weaknesses in pre-rift and/or basement rocks, i.e., on tectonic inheritance. The passive margins that are studied in this book are the Norwegian Continental Shelf, the Eastern North America and the East and West Indian...
| Main Authors: | Misra, Achyuta Ayan (Author), Mukherjee, Soumyajit (Author) |
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| Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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