Mechanical decoupling and basal duplex formation observed in sandbox experiments with application to the Western Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex

Marine Geology

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 29-42

  Kukowski, Nina ^a,e   Lallemand, Serge E ^b   Malavieille, Jacques ^b   Gutscher, Marc André ^a,d   Reston, Timothy J ^a,c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedges; Analogue modelling; Basal accretion; Deformation; Mass transfer; Western Mediterranean Ridge

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGES;

DEFORMATION; MASS TRANSFER; SEDIMENTATION;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEFORMATION; DUPLEX; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MASS TRANSFER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0037025249     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00171-8     Document Type: Article

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