Convective destabilization of a thickened continental lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 303-320

  Morency, C ^a   Doin, M P ^a   Dumoulin, C ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Convection; Delamination; Time scales

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DELAMINATION; MANTLE CONVECTION; OROGENY; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0037106934     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00753-7     Document Type: Article

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