Initiation of subduction at Atlantic-type margins: Insights from laboratory experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B2, 1999, Pages 2749-2766

  Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Giardini, Domenico ^b   Davy, Philippe ^c   Argentieri, Alessio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE MARGIN; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 0033540695     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900072     Document Type: Article

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