Width of continental rifts and rheological layering of the lithosphere

Friction of rocks

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Limits on lithospheric stress imposed by laboratory experiments

W. F. Brace, D. L. Kohlstedt · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1980 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Uniform-sense normal simple shear of the continental lithosphere

Brian P. Wernicke · Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences · 1985 · 1.4K citations

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The origin of metamorphic core complexes and detachment faults formed during Tertiary continental extension in the northern Colorado River region, U.S.A.

Gordon Lister, G. A. Davis · Journal of Structural Geology · 1989 · 935 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +12

Stress and temperature in the bending lithosphere as constrained by experimental rock mechanics

C. Goetze, Brian Evans · Geophysical Journal International · 1979 · 890 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +17