Sandbox experiments of plate convergence - Scale effect and associated mechanisms

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 595-620

  Lin, Ming Lang ^a   Lu, Chia Yu ^b   Chang, Kuo Jen ^b   Jeng, Fu Shu ^a   Lee, Chung Jeng ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Centrifuge; Depth scale effect; Fold and thrust structures; Plate convergence; Sandbox simulation

Indexed keywords

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS;

EID: 26844493583     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2005.16.3.595(T)     Document Type: Article

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