Two-dimensional simulations of surface deformation caused by slab detachment

Tectonophysics

Volumn 354, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 195-210

  Buiter, Susanne J H ^a,b   Govers, Rob ^a   Wortel, M J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collision; Finite element method; Slab detachment; Subduction; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037130835     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00336-0     Document Type: Article

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