Rift migration explains continental margin asymmetry and crustal hyper-extension

Sascha Brune; Christian Heine; Marta Pérez-Gussinyé; Stephan V. Sobolev

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Rift migration explains continental margin asymmetry and crustal hyper-extension

Sascha Brune

Christian Heine Marta Pérez-Gussinyé Stephan V. Sobolev

Nature Communications Vol. 5 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Sascha Brune

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Christian Heine

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Sascha Brune, Christian Heine, Marta Pérez-Gussinyé, et al. (2014). Rift migration explains continental margin asymmetry and crustal hyper-extension. Nature Communications, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5014

Rift migration explains continental margin asymmetry and crustal hyper-extension

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