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Continental rifting is the poorly understood thermomechanical process by which continents break up and new ocean basins form. Two dominant styles of continental rifting are ... We propose an alternative working model of continental rifting in which both styles initiate in response to regional horizontal stresses.
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Rift zone ; passive continental margins ; Three dimensional model ; extension tectonics ; plateaus ; Ocean basins ; Atlantic Ocean ; Finite element method ; Dynamic model ; Stress distribution ; Strain rate ;
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Rift model: failed rift systems. Failed continental rifts may or may not follow a similar ...... African Rift System: a model of continental disruption 1. ...
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The origins of Homo sapiens have been a source of dispute among scientists for decades. Some say our species is old and that its racial divisions are deep and profound. Others claim we are a young species Only in the last few years has a consensus emerged. ... Most scientists accept that humanity originally evolved in Africa.
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Basin-scale migration of continental-rift brines: Paleohydrologic modeling of the Dead Sea basin ; Eyal Stanislavsky and Haim Gvirtzman; ... The structural formation of the rift is described by a chronological sequence of geologic cross sections, serving as the basis for hydrodynamic calculations, which assess the effects...
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The Larsen Basin developed in Jurassic times as a result of continental rifting during the early stages of Gondwana break-up. ... The eastern Palmer Land shear zone: a new terrane accretion model for the Mesozoic development of the Antarctic Peninsula; Journal of the Geological Society, 2000; 157: 1243 - 1256.
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jgs.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/157/2/417
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Plume–Lithosphere Interaction and the Origin of Continental Rift-related Alkaline Volcanism—the Chyulu Hills Volcanic Province, Southern Kenya ... •, model melt patterns; , source pattern. Also shown is a shaded field indicating the range of REE compositions of the cogenetic suite of fractionation-corrected Chyulu...
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It is proposed that the Chyulu Hills Volcanic Province represents an analogue for the earliest stages of continental rift initiation, during which interaction between a plume and initially refractory lithosphere may lead to the generation of lithospheric melts.
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