Mechanics of viscous wedges: Modeling by analytical and numerical approaches

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Medvedev, Sergei ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contraction; Extension; Numerical modelling; Orogenic wedge; Scaling analysis; Thin sheet approximation

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; PLANE STRAIN; RHEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC WEDGE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037054692     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000145     Document Type: Article

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