A continental rift is a nascent plate boundary where the lithosphere is thinned by tectonic
activity. Some continental rifts undergo extension to the point that they generate a new …

Traditionally active rifts are thought to evolve in response to thermal upwelling of the
asthenosphere, whereas passive rifts develop in response to lithospheric extension driven …

In this study we compare three pairs of conjugate rifted margins that are often referred to as
archetypes of rift systems. Despite numerous differences, a remarkable first-order structural …

Uniform lithospheric extension predicts basic properties of non-volcanic rifted margins but
fails to explain other important characteristics,. Significant discrepancies are observed at …

Seismic reflection data imaging conjugate crustal sections at the South China Sea margins
result in a conceptual model for rift-evolution at conjugate magma-poor margins in time and …

Rifted margins are the result of the successful process of thinning and breakup of the
continental lithosphere leading to the formation of new oceanic lithosphere. Observations on …

The South Atlantic rift basin evolved as a branch of a large Jurassic–Cretaceous intraplate
rift zone between the African and South American plates during the final break-up of western …

Abstract The Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenees correspond to a Lower Cretaceous rift system
including both oceanic and hyperextended rift domains. The transition from preserved …

Rifted margins are formed by persistent stretching of continental lithosphere until breakup is
achieved. It is well known that strain-rate-dependent processes control rift evolution,, yet …

At plate boundaries, where deformation is localized along centimetre-to kilometre-scale
shear zones, the influence of serpentinite on tectonic processes is linked to its unique …