Subduction zone backarcs, mobile belts, and orogenic heat

GSA Today

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 4-10

  Hyndman, Roy D ^a,b   Currie, Claire A ^b   Mazzotti, Stephane P ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; HEAT FLOW; MOBILE BELT; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMAL REGIME;

EID: 13944271773     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2005)015<4:SZBMBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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