A possible mechanism for epeirogenic uplift

Details A possible mechanism for epeirogenic uplift A possible mechanism for epeirogenic uplift

Feb 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984natur.307..616m&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 307, Feb. 16, 1984, p. 616-618. Research supported by the Natural Environment Research Council and

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Continents, Earth Crust, Geodynamics, Magma, Structural Properties (Geology), Earth Mantle, Ocean Bottom, Structural Basins, Tectonics, Volcanology

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Arguments are presented that epeirogenic uplift can result from the
intrusion of large thicknesses of basic magma into the lower part of
continental crust. The mechanisms and results of such processes are
described and compared with those of crustal shortening and extension.

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