DESTRUCTION OF THE LITHOSPHERE: FAULTBLOCK DIVISIBILITY AND ITS TECTONOPHYSICAL REGULARITIES

A new concept is proposed concerning the origin and inception of ‘initial’ faults and formation of large blocks as a result of cooling of the Archaean lithosphere, during which Benard cells had formed (Fig. 5). At locations where cooling convection currents went down, partial crystallization took pl...

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Published inGeodinamika i tektonofizika Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 315 - 344
Main Author Semen I. Sherman
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Institute of the Earth's crust 01.10.2015
Subjects
benard cells
destruction
fault
faultblock structure
lithosphere
parameters
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ISSN2078-502X
DOI10.5800/GT-2012-3-4-0077

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