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TI The ocean-continent transition in the uniform lithospheric stretching model : role of partial melting in the mantle
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AF FOUCHER, Jean-Paul
   LE PICHON, Xavier
   SIBUET, Jean-Claude
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UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1981/publication-5375.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Histoire Ifremer
AB The role of partial melting in the uniform lithospheric stretching model of continental margin formation is explored.  It is shown that the transition from continental lithosphere stretching to oceanic accretion is most probably controlled by the production of a significant amount of partial melting in the asthenosphere immediately below the lithosphere, which requires stretching factors larger than 3.  It is also shown that, at stretching factors exceeding 2, the law of subsidence is significantly changed by the presence of partial melt in the underlying asthenosphere.  The implications for the existence of deep continental margin basins on thinned continental crusts are examined. The Armorican deep continental margin basin is taken as an example. [NOT CONTROLLED OCR]
PY 1981
SO Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
PU Royal Society of London
VL 305
IS 1489
BP 27
EP 43
ID 5375
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