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Modelling the Development of Rifted Continental Margins - Time travel by computer

Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Mineral Resources Branch
Information Circular ME 30, 1993

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Table of Contents

  • What are "continental margins"?
  • Why "rifted"?
  • Why is this study important?
  • What is meant by "modelling"?
  • How is a numerical model constructed?
  • What use is made of the results of the numerical models?
  • Information