Coupling and decoupling of crust and mantle in convergent orogens: Implications for strain partitioning in the crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 17679-17705

  Royden, Leigh ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; CRUST/MANTLE COUPLING; DEFORMATION; STRAIN PARTITIONING;

EID: 0030423498     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00951     Document Type: Article

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