Orogen-parallel flow during continental convergence: Numerical experiments and archean field examples

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 715-718

  Duclaux, G ^a,b   Rey, P ^a   Guillot, S ^c   Menot R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Archean geodynamics; Bulk constriction; Ductile flow; Warm lithosphere

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE FLOW; GEODYNAMICS; OROGEN-PARALLEL FLOW; TECTONIC FORCE; WARM LITHOSPHERE;

GRAVITATION; LITHOLOGY; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONVERGENCE; GEODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; OROGENY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 34548063803     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23540A.1     Document Type: Article

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