Analogue and numerical modelling of accretionary prisms with a décollement in sediments

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 253, Issue , 2006, Pages 169-183

  Yamada, Yasuhiro ^a   Baba, Kei ^b   Matsuoka, Toshifumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPEX Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ANALOG MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT;

EID: 33646386651     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.09     Document Type: Article

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