Extension of thickened and hot lithospheres: Inferences from laboratory modeling

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Tirel, C ^a,b   Brun, J P ^a   Sokoutis, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Science ISES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 33645800989     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001804     Document Type: Article

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