Open AccessNew Insights into North America's Midcontinent Rift
Author(s) -
Seth Stein,
Carol Stein,
Jonas Kley,
Randy Keller,
Miguel Ángel Lasheras Merino,
Emily Wolin,
Douglas A. Wiens,
M. E. Wysession,
Ghassan I Alequabi,
Weisen Shen,
A. W. Frederiksen,
F. A. Darbyshire,
Donna M. Jurdy,
G. P. Waite,
William I. Rose,
Erika Vye,
Tyrone O. Rooney,
R. Moucha,
Eric Brown
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo056659
Subject(s) - rift , geology , earth science , geography , paleontology , tectonics
The Midcontinent Rift has characteristics of a large igneous province, causing geologists to rethink some long-standing assumptions about how this giant feature formed.