On the thermomechanical evolution of compressional orogens

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 364-382

  Batt, G E ^a   Braun, J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crust; Orogeny

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIONAL TECTONICS; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY; OROGENESIS;

EID: 0030803514     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01561.x     Document Type: Article

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