MECHANISMS OF CONTINENTAL RIFTOGENESIS

dc.contributor.author	Artyushkov E.V.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-13T02:30:28Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-13T02:30:28Z
dc.date.issued	1981
dc.identifier	https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=31030660
dc.identifier.citation	DEVELOPMENTS IN GEOTECTONICS, 1981, 17, C, 9-14
dc.identifier.issn	0419-0254
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.geologyscience.ru/handle/123456789/15594
dc.description.abstract	Artyushkov, E.V., 1981. Mechanisms of continental riftogenesis. In: J.H. Illies (Editor), Mechanism of Graben Formation. Tectonophysics, 73: 9–14. Rift valleys are formed along high and strongly elongated uplifts on the continents, which are underlain by a low-velocity mantle of high temperature. Tensile stresses of high magnitude appear in the lithosphere of such regions. High heat flow from the low-velocity mantle strongly decreases the viscosity of the lower crust. Ductile extension arises in this layer, reducing its thickness. This results in faulting and subsidence of the overlying upper crust, producing a deep elongated depression or rift valley on the earth's surface.
dc.title	MECHANISMS OF CONTINENTAL RIFTOGENESIS
dc.type	Статья

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