Comments on 'Thermal Effects of the Formation of Atlantic Continental Margins by Continental Break up' by N.H. Sleep

Type Article
Date 1972
Language English
Author(s) Foucher Jean-Paul, Le Pichon Xavier
Source The geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society (The Royal astronomical society), 1972 , Vol. 29 , P. 43-46
Mot-Clé(s) Histoire Ifremer
Abstract Sleep (1971) has presented some very interesting observations on the exponential decrease of the subsidence rate in coastal basins. He shows that the time constant of this exponential decrease is of the same order of magnitude that the thermal time constant of a lithospheric plate. He then makes calculations with a physical model combining erosion and thermal contraction. The purpose of these comments is to show that his physical assumptions are invalid and that çonsequently his calculations are grossly in error. [NOT CONTROLLED OCR]
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Foucher Jean-Paul, Le Pichon Xavier (1972). Comments on 'Thermal Effects of the Formation of Atlantic Continental Margins by Continental Break up' by N.H. Sleep. The geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society, 29, 43-46. Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/5041/