Characteristics and consequences of flow in the lower crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B5, 2000, Pages 11029-11046

  McKenzie, Dan ^a   Nimmo, Francis ^a   Jackson, James A ^a   Gans, P B ^b   Miller, E L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; LOWER CRUST;

EID: 0034630679     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900446     Document Type: Article

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