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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-477-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-477-2024
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05 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 05 Apr 2024

Extensional fault geometry and evolution within rifted margin hyper-extended continental crust leading to mantle exhumation and allochthon formation

Júlia Gómez-Romeu and Nick Kusznir

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We investigate the extensional fault geometry and its evolution during the stretching and thinning of continental crust and lithosphere leading to continental breakup. We focus on the fault-controlled processes that thin and rupture the final 10 km of continental crust at magma-poor margins prior to mantle exhumation. We show that isostatic fault rotation in response to extension is fundamental to understanding the formation of tectonic structures observed on seismic reflection data.