Abstract:
A simple expression was obtained for the thickness of the lithosphere during rethickening after thinning by simple stretching. It gives a rate of rethickening of about 2-3 km/Ma. This method was applied to the Tuscan-Latial pre-Appeninic belt and the resulting current lithospheric thickness was compared to that obtained by Panza et al. (1980) using the Rayleigh wave dispersion method, with acceptable results.