Geometry of propagating continental rifts

Low-angle normal faults in the Basin and Range Province: nappe tectonics in an extending orogen

Brian P. Wernicke · Nature · 1981 · 1.2K citations

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Structural evolution of extensional basin margins

A. D. Gibbs · Journal of the Geological Society · 1984 · 928 citations

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Modes of extensional tectonics

Brian P. Wernicke, B. C. Burchfiel · Journal of Structural Geology · 1982 · 834 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +12

Plate Tectonics of the Red Sea and East Africa

Dan McKenzie, D. Rhodri Davies, Péter Molnár · Nature · 1970 · 662 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +16

Passive margins: A model of formation

Xavier Le Pichon, Jean‐Claude Sibuet · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1981 · 439 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geophysics +15