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Propagating rifts: Crustal extension during continental rifting
Author(s) -
Martin A. K.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
tectonics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.465
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1944-9194
pISSN - 0278-7407
DOI - 10.1029/tc003i006p00611
Subject(s) - rift , geology , seismology , tectonics , extension (predicate logic) , geophysics , paleontology , computer science , programming language
Propagating rifts may not be incompatible with plate tectonic tenets which are considered at the appropriate scale. Propagation of a rift is a natural consequence of relative motion about a pole of rotation. It is not necessarily valid that (1) rifts propagate in one direction or (2) crustal stretching increases with progressive propagation of a rift.
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