Conceptual model for the formation of transitional lithosphere in magma-poor rifts - Figure from Sibuet and Tucholke (2012)
"Conceptual model for the formation of transitional lithosphere. (a, a′) Two initial rheologies, which have in common a brittle upper–middle continental crust (U–MC) and a ductile upper mantle (UM); on the left, the lower continental crust (LC) is ductile and on the right it is brittle. Strength envelopes of differential stress v. depth are from Jackson (2002). (b, b′) Pure-shear lithospheric extension with brittle deformation (active faults in red) and ductile deformation (dashed lines). (c, c′) Lithospheric depth-dependent extension with ductile lower lithosphere exhumed in the transition zone. Active faults and a shear zone at the base of the brittle crust are in red. Minor extension within the brittle crust away from the rift axis is not represented. (d, d′) Emplacement of oceanic crust at the time that rifting and exhumation of transitional lithosphere terminate. Active faults in oceanic crust are in red. (e, e′) Detail of the emplacement of transitional lithosphere; the upper part of exhumed lower continental crust (e) or exhumed mantle (e′) is cooled by hydrothermal circulation and embrittled as it is exhumed. Oldest to youngest emplacement is indicated by numbers 1–6."
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258465854_The_geodynamic_province_of_transitional_crust_adjacent_to_magma-poor_continental_margins
Source: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258465854_The_geodynamic_province_of_transitional_crust_adjacent_to_magma-poor_continental_margins
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