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Flexural Subsidence

Flexural Subsidence is a geodynamic process in which the lithosphere bends and sinks under the load of accumulating sediment or tectonic forces, resulting in regional subsidence along passive margins due to the elastic rheological response of the crust.

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2017–2026

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Flexural subsidence by 29 Ma on the NE edge of Tibet from the magnetostratigraphy of Linxia Basin, China

Xiaomin Fang, Carmala N. Garzione, Rob Van der Voo et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2003 · 355 citations · Full text

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Crustal structure, flexure, and subsidence history of the Hawaiian Islands

A. B. Watts, Uri S. ten Brink · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1989 · 281 citations

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Mesozoic rifting and basin inversion along the northern African Tethyan margin: an overview

René Guiraud · Geological Society London Special Publications · 1998 · 261 citations

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Interplay between lithospheric flexure and river transport in foreland basins

Daniel García‐Castellanos · Basin Research · 2002 · 137 citations

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Tertiary foreland sedimentation in the Southern Subalpine Chains, SE France: a geodynamic appraisal

Lickorish, Kusznir · Basin Research · 1999 · 136 citations

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Authors

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  1. AB
    A. B. Watts

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 580 citations

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  2. LL
    Lijun Liu

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  3. BK
    Brian K. Horton

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 126 citations

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  4. JG
    Joseph Galewsky

    University of New Mexico, United States

    2 publications · 82 citations

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  5. HD
    Hugh D. Sinclair

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 75 citations

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Institutions

123

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    309 citations

  2. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    332 citations

  4. BP (United Kingdom)

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    160 citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    230 citations

  6. Trinity College Dublin

    Dublin, Ireland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    141 citations

  7. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    81 citations

  8. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    91 citations

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  1. Basin Research

    13 publications · 667 citations

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  2. Tectonics

    7 publications · 381 citations

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  3. Geological Society London Special Publications

    6 publications · 399 citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 6 publications · 464 citations

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  5. Journal of the Geological Society

    JGS · 4 publications · 202 citations

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