Concepedia

Evolution and characteristics of continental rifting: Analog modeling-inspired view and comparison with examples from the East African Rift System

Tectonophysics · 2011 · 222 citations · 127 references

Concepts

Natural SciencesEarth SciencesGeologyStructural GeologyTectonicsTectonophysicsBasin EvolutionContinental RiftingGeodynamic ModelingPlate TectonicsRift StructuresRift TectonicsEast African Rift SystemRift Basin EvolutionRift EvolutionRift Margin ArchitectureRift TopographyRift Valley EvolutionRifted Margin Architecture

References

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Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +15

Theory of scale models as applied to the study of geologic structures

M. King Hubbert · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1937 · 1K citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +7

Modes of continental lithospheric extension

W. Roger Buck · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1991 · 986 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +17

The East African rift system

Jean Chorowicz · Journal of African Earth Sciences · 2005 · 937 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geophysics +12

Detachment faulting and the evolution of passive continental margins

Gordon Lister, M. A. Etheridge, Philip A. Symonds · Geology · 1986 · 879 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geophysics +17