Dynamic uplift in a transpressional regime: Numerical model of the subduction area of Fiordland, New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 349-364

  Malservisi, Rocco ^a   Furlong, Kevin P ^a   Anderson, Helen ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Research Science and Technology   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dynamic uplift; Finite element analysis; Fiordland; Gravity anomalies; Subduction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITY ANOMALY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0037441852     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01100-7     Document Type: Article

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