Large igneous provinces (LIPs) are a continuum of voluminous iron and magnesium rich
rock emplacements which include continental flood basalts and associated intrusive rocks …

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 …

A simplified model of continental extension including lower crustal flow is developed. The
model employs the thin sheet approximation in estimating lithospheric yield strength and …

Our ability to calculate the depths and temperatures at which magmas partially crystallize
can prove crucial as petrologists test hypotheses of magma transport and evolution. Yet …

The extension of the lithosphere, controlling the development of rifted basins, is driven by a
combination of plate-boundary forces, frictional forces exerted on the base of the lithosphere …

Plates are an integral part of the convection system in the fluid mantle, but plate boundaries
are the product of brittle faulting and plate motions are strongly influenced by the existence …

Intra-plate compressional structures, such as inverted extensional basins and upthrusted
basement blocks, play an important role in the tectonic framework of the European Alpine …

Plate tectonics was originally established as a kinematic theory of global tectonics, in which
the Earth's rigid outer layer, the lithosphere, consists of different size plates that move …

Many recent papers describe the structure of the Iberia and Newfoundland rifted margins;
however, none of them propose kinematic restorations of the complete rift system to quantify …

Laboratory experiments on analogue models of the lithosphere are useful tools to study
tectonic processes and, in particular, to test physical hypotheses. They complement …