Andean subduction styles and their effect on thermal structure and interplate coupling

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-10

  Gutscher, Marc André ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

Andean margin; Flat subduction; Lithosphere

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COUPLING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036263527     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(02)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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