The Role of Magmatism at Rifted Margins

Rifted margins form by the thinning and stretching of continental lithosphere until it ruptures, forming new oceanic crust and lithosphere, which can be accompanied by decompression melting and the addition of magmatic material. Despite numerous studies on magma-rich margins, we still do not fully u...

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Main Author: Harkin, Caroline
Format: Thesis
Language:unknown
Published: University of Liverpool Repository 2019
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17638/03052622
https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3052622