Journal article
Dry ocean formation: Might some SDRs represent post-breakup non-classical oceanic crust?
Abstract
During continental breakup, the width of a developing rift system is thought to be primarily controlled by crustal rheology, where weak and decoupled crust may develop into a wide (up to 300 km) rift system and strong crust can lead to localised thinning. Simultaneously, the development of magma-rich margins is increasingly being recognised to result from lithospheric mantle thinning prior to crustal thinning, allowing the development of both …
Authors
Phethean JJJ; Peace AL
Journal
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Publisher
Copernicus Publications
DOI
10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20807