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Some remarks on the development of sedimentary basins
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A simple model for the development and evolution of sedimentary basins is proposed in this paper, which consists of a rapid stretching of continental lithosphere, which produces thinning and passive upwelling of hot asthenosphere.About:
This article is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.The article was published on 1978-06-01. It has received 3711 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermal subsidence & Sedimentary basin.read more
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Magmatism at rift zones: The generation of volcanic continental margins and flood basalts
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the production of magmatically active rifted margins and the effusion of flood basalts onto the adjacent continents can be explained by a simple model of rifting above a thermal anomaly in the underlying mantle.
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Continental stretching: An explanation of the Post-Mid-Cretaceous subsidence of the central North Sea Basin
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the thermal maturity and hydrocarbon potential of certain sedimentary horizons in the northern section of the Central Graben and found that most of this subsidence results from the thermal relaxation of the lithosphere which was thinned during a Middle Jurassic to mid-Cretaceous stretching of the crust.
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Extension in the Tyrrhenian Sea and Shortening in the Apennines as Result of Arc Migration Driven by Sinking of the Lithosphere
TL;DR: In this paper, an arc migration model was proposed to explain the dynamic relationship between extension in the Tyrrhenian basin and compression in the Apennines, and the estimated contemporaneous (post-middle Miocene) amounts of extension and shortening in the apennines appear to be very similar.
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Pressure-Temperature-Time Paths of Regional Metamorphism I. Heat Transfer during the Evolution of Regions of Thickened Continental Crust
TL;DR: In this article, the development of regional metamorphism in areas of thickened continental crust is investigated in terms of the major controls on regional-scale thermal regimes, such as the total radiogenic heat supply within the thickened crust, the supply of heat from the mantle, the thermal conductivity of the medium and the length and time scales of erosion of the continental crust.
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Active tectonics of the Alpine—Himalayan Belt between western Turkey and Pakistan
James Jackson,Dan McKenzie +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used 80 new fault plane solutions, combined with satellite imagery as well as both modern and historical observations of earthquake faulting, to investigate the active tectonics of the Middle East between western Turkey and Pakistan.
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