Relative importance of trenchward upper plate motion and friction along the plate interface for the topographic evolution of subduction-related mountain belts

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 253, Issue , 2006, Pages 105-115

  Hampel, Andrea ^a   Pfiffner, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE MOTION;

EID: 33646423522     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.05     Document Type: Article

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