Non-continental margins lack thick lavas that are generated as continental crust thins immediately prior to the onset of seafloor spreading. They may form up to

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Traditionally, investigations of the rheology and deformation of the lithosphere (the rigid or mechanically strong outer layer of the Earth, which contains the

This volume has evolved from papers written in memory of Professor David Roberts. They summarize the key findings of recent research on passive margins, from te