Dynamic processes controlling evolution of rifted basins
PA Ziegler, S Cloetingh - Earth-Science Reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
The extension of the lithosphere, controlling the development of rifted basins, is driven by a
combination of plate-boundary forces, frictional forces exerted on the base of the lithosphere …
combination of plate-boundary forces, frictional forces exerted on the base of the lithosphere …
The Basin and Range Province as a composite extensional domain
WR Dickinson - International Geology Review, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The Basin and Range province is a composite Cenozoic taphrogen with a present
configuration and internal geometry derived from superimposed multiple phases of …
configuration and internal geometry derived from superimposed multiple phases of …
Upper mantle convection beneath the central Rio Grande rift imaged by P and S wave tomography
W Gao, SP Grand, WS Baldridge… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We present models for upper mantle P and S velocity structure beneath a southwestern
United States transect extending from near the center of the Colorado Plateau across the …
United States transect extending from near the center of the Colorado Plateau across the …
Ultrapotassic magmas along the flanks of the Oligo-Miocene Rio Grande Rift, USA: monitors of the zone of lithospheric mantle extension and thinning beneath a …
Recent theoretical studies of rift tectonics have concluded that their observed geophysical
features, require that (1) extension affects a much wider zone of the underlying lithospheric …
features, require that (1) extension affects a much wider zone of the underlying lithospheric …
[PDF][PDF] The time scales of continental rifting: Implications for global processes
CJ Ebinger, J Van Wijk, D Keir - … Society of America Special Paper 500, 2013 - flore.unifi.it
The rifting cycle initiates with stress buildup, release as earthquakes and/or magma
intrusions/eruptions, and visco-elastic rebound, multiple episodes of which combine to …
intrusions/eruptions, and visco-elastic rebound, multiple episodes of which combine to …
Crust and upper mantle shear wave structure of the southwest United States: Implications for rifting and support for high elevation
Surface wave phase velocities from 29 earthquakes are used to map the shear velocity
structure to∼ 350 km depth across the 950‐km‐long Rio Grande Rift Seismic Transect …
structure to∼ 350 km depth across the 950‐km‐long Rio Grande Rift Seismic Transect …
Lithospheric structure of the Rio Grande rift
A high-resolution, regional passive seismic experiment,,,,, in the Rio Grande rift region of the
southwestern United States has produced new images of upper-mantle velocity structure …
southwestern United States has produced new images of upper-mantle velocity structure …
Post-Paleozoic alluvial gravel transport as evidence of continental tilting in the US Cordillera
Abstract The western United States contains three thin but remarkably widespread alluvial
conglomeratic units that record episodes of large-scale tilting across the US Cordilleran …
conglomeratic units that record episodes of large-scale tilting across the US Cordilleran …
Earthquake swarms in continental rifts—a comparison of selected cases in America, Africa and Europe
M Ibs-von Seht, T Plenefisch, K Klinge - Tectonophysics, 2008 - Elsevier
The occurrence of earthquake swarms is typically related to magmatic activity in volcanoes,
yet swarms are also common in other intracontinental regions such as continental rifts. We …
yet swarms are also common in other intracontinental regions such as continental rifts. We …
Imaging the seismic structure of the crust and upper mantle beneath the Great Plains, Rio Grande Rift, and Colorado Plateau using receiver functions
The seismic structure of the crust and upper mantle of the southwestern United States is
examined using receiver functions calculated from teleseismic arrivals recorded in the …
examined using receiver functions calculated from teleseismic arrivals recorded in the …