Lithosphere tearing at STEP faults: Response to edges of subduction zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 505-523

  Govers, R ^a   Wortel, M J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Lesser Antilles trench; Mediterranean region; New Hebrides trench; South Sandwich trench; Tonga trench

Indexed keywords

SANDWICH TRENCH; SEDIMENTARY BASINS; SUBDUCTION-TRANSFORM EDGE PROPAGATOR; TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

GEODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 22144461712     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.03.022     Document Type: Article

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