Cordillera formation, mantle dynamics, and the Wilson cycle

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 511-514

  Russo, R M ^a,b   Silver, P G ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; FLOW FIELDS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR WAVES; PARALLEL FLOW;

BOLIVIAN OROCLINE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STAGNATION POINTS; TRENCH-PARALLEL FLOWS; CLOSING PHASE; DRIVING FORCES; MANTLE DYNAMICS; NORMAL STRESS;

SHEAR FLOW;

CORDILLERA; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE TECTONICS; S-WAVE; SLAB; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPREADING CENTER; CORDILLERA FORMATION; MANTLE FLOW; WILSON CYCLE;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0029729513     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0511:CFMDAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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