Is There a Speed Limit for the Thermal Steady‐State Assumption in Continental Rifts?

Abstract The lithosphere is often assumed to reside in a thermal steady‐state when quantitatively describing the temperature distribution in continental interiors and sedimentary basins, but also at active plate boundaries. Here, we investigate the applicability limit of this assumption at slowly de...

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Main Authors: Esther L. Heckenbach, Sascha Brune, Anne C. Glerum, Judith Bott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-03-01
Series:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009577