Mechanical controls on collision-related compressional intraplate deformation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 103-129

  Ziegler, Peter A ^a   Van Wees, Jan Diederik ^b   Cloetingh, Sierd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collision; Compression; Intraplate; Lithosphere; Rheology; Rifting

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; COMPRESSION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONICS;

EID: 0032585446     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00236-4     Document Type: Article

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