Numerical models of lithospheric deformation forming the Southern Alps of New Zealand

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Gerbault, Muriel ^a   Henrys, Stuart ^a   Davey, Fred ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Decoupled crust and mantle; Mechanical modeling; Rheology of the lithosphere; Southern Alps; Strain localization

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUST; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRAIN;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0142228726     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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