On uplift and exhumation during convergence

Tectonics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-88

  Stüwe, Kurt ^a,b   Barr, Terence D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EXHUMATION; UPLIFT;

DEFORMATION; EROSION; KINEMATICS;

DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; KINEMATIC MODEL; PEAK PRESSURE; REFERENCE LEVELS; RELATIVE RATES; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

ROCKS;

EID: 0031820215     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC02557     Document Type: Article

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