What drives orogeny in the Andes?

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 617-620

  Sobolev, S V ^a,b   Babeyko, A Y ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Andes; Numerical model; Orogeny; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; OROGENIC BELTS; SUBDUCTION RATES;

DELAMINATION; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23044435458     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21557.1     Document Type: Article

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