Convergence rate-dependent growth of experimental viscous orogenic wedges

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 367-372

  Rossetti, Federico ^a   Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Ranalli, Giorgio ^b   Storti, Fabrizio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analog simulation; Clastic wedges; Models; Orogenic belts; Paraffins

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; MODELING; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY;

EID: 0034042081     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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