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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