Three-dimensional numerical simulations of crustal deformation and subcontinental mantle convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 233-243

  Moresi, L N ^a,c   Lenardic, A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continents; Gravity anomalies; Isostasy; Mantle; Mohorovicic discontinuity; Orogeny; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION;

EID: 0031428003     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00093-9     Document Type: Article

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