The role of viscous dissipation in the orogenic process

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 271-288

  Kincaid, C ^a   Silver, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Lithosphere; Models; Orogeny; S waves; Suture zones; Tectosphere; Wave splitting; Wilson cycle

Indexed keywords

HEAT DISSIPATION; HEAT SOURCE; MANTLE; OROGENESIS; VISCOUS HEATING MODEL;

EID: 0030513817     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00116-1     Document Type: Article

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