Arcuate accretionary wedge formation at convex plate margin corners: Results of sandbox analogue experiments

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1597-1609

  Zweigel, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE FORMATION; CONVEX PLATE MARGIN CORNERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAND; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CURVATURE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; PLATE MOTION; TECTONICS;

EID: 0032408482     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(98)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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