Tectonics and Geophysics of Continental Rifts

Abstract

General Aspects of Rifting.- Evolution of Continental Rift Systems in the Light of Plate Tectonics.- Evolution of the Earth's Crust.- The Origin and Evolution of Rifts and Rift Valley Structures: A Mechanistic Interpretation.- Experimental Model Studies of Rift-Valley Systems (Abstract).- Rates of Sedimentation and Vertical Subsidence in Neorifts and Paleorifts.- Active Continental Rifts.- Deep Structure and Evolution of the Baikal Rift Zone.- Two Stages Rhinegraben Rifting.- The Rio Grande Rift and A Diapiric Mechanism for Continental Rifting.- Owens Valley - A Major Rift between the Sierra Nevada Batholith and Basin and Range Province, USA.- Paleorifts.- Rift Systems in the Western United States.- The Late Precambrian Central North American Rift System - A Survey of Recent Geological and Geophysical Investigations.- An Early Paleozoic Continental Rift System in Galicia (NW Spain).- The Midland Valley as a Rift, Seen in Connection with the Late Palaeozoic European Rift System.- Main Geologic Features of the Oslo Graben.- The Tectonic History of the Oslo Region.- The Oslo Region during the Early Palaeozoic.- Continental Margins.- The Margin South of Australia - A Continental Margin Paleorift.- Passive Continental Margins and Intra-Cratonic Rifts, A Comparison.- Observations on the Margin off Norway (66-70 N) and the History of Early Cenozoic Rifting.- Pelagic Sedimentation in Immature Ocean Basins.- North Sea Rift and Basin Development.- Geophysical Studies.- A Comparison of Magnetic Anomalies in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.- Palaeomagnetism in the Oslo Rift Zone.- Seismic Mapping of the Fennoscandian Lithosphere and Asthenosphere with Special Reference to the Oslo Graben Region.- The Ideal-Body Concept in Interpretation of the Oslo Rift Gravity Data and their Correlation with Seismic Observations.- Comparative Studies.- Comparison of the East African Rift System and the Permian Oslo Rift.- A Comparison between the Older (Karroo) Rifts and the Younger (Cenozoic) Rifts of Eastern Africa (Abstract).- Main Features of Evolution and Magmatism of Continental Rift Zones in the Cenozoic.- The St. Lawrence Paleo-Rift System: A Comparative Study.- Some Problems of Rifting Development in the Earth's History.- Rift Valleys on Earth, Mars and Venus.- Paleorifts - Concluding Remarks.