Erosion and exhumation in accretionary orogens: Experimental and geological approaches

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Konstantinovskaia, Elena ^a   Malavieille, Jacques ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Erosion; Exhumation; Experimental modeling; Himalaya; Taiwan; Thrust wedge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646416121     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000794     Document Type: Article

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