Sensitivity of shear zones in orogenic wedges to surface processes and strain softening

Tectonophysics

Volumn 437, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 51-70

  Selzer, Cornelia ^a   Buiter, Susanne J H ^b   Pfiffner, O Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Numerical modelling; Orogenic wedge; Strain softening; Surface processes

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; INCLUSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC WEDGE;

CALEDONIDES; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34247566564     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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