Oblique convergence of the crust driven by basal forcing: implications for length‐scales of deformation and strain partitioning in orogens

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 24-44

  Ellis, Susan ^a   Fullsack, Philippe ^a   Beaumont, Christopher ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

basal traction; length scales; oblique convergence; orogens; strain partitioning; thin viscous sheet

Indexed keywords

BASAL TRACTION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; OBLIQUE CONVERGENCE; OROGENESIS; STRAIN PARTITIONING;

EID: 0028848805     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb05909.x     Document Type: Article

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