Diapirism in convergent settings triggered by hinterland pinch-out of viscous decollement: A hypothesis from modeling

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 193, Issue , 2001, Pages 123-130

  Costa, Elisabetta ^a   Vendeville, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GLASS;

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; FAULT-PROPAGATION FOLDS; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE; MINIMUM THICKNESS; SYSTEMATIC EXPERIMENT; VARYING PARAMETERS; VISCOUS MATERIALS;

FRICTION;

CONTRACTION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DIAPIRISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOLDING; FRICTION; PLATE CONVERGENCE; POLYMER; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VISCOSITY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE [GREECE]; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN RIDGE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 1842487662     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1193-2.123     Document Type: Article

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