A 3D model of the India-Asia collision at plate scale

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 328, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 499-508

  Mattauer, Maurice ^a   Matte, Philippe ^a   Olivet, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UMR 7327   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Continental subduction; Himalaya Tibet; India Asia; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; INDIA;

EID: 0033117501     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80130-X     Document Type: Review

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