Continental Rifting

Tectonics · Part 4

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.Pure Shear Model (McKenzie, 1978)
  2. 2.Simple Shear Model (Wernicke, 1985)
  3. 3.The East African Rift System
  4. 4.Basin and Range Province: Wide Rift Mode
  5. 5.Syn-rift vs. Post-rift Sedimentary Sequences
  6. 6.Magma-Rich vs. Magma-Poor Rifted Margins
  7. 7.Key Takeaways
  8. 8.Stretching Factor
  9. 9.Initial (Syn-rift) Subsidence
  10. 10.Thermal (Post-rift) Subsidence

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