Metastability, mechanical strength, and the support of mountain belts

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 625-628

  Jackson, J A ^a   Austrheim, H ^b   McKenzie, D ^a   Priestley, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Gravity; Lithosphere; Mechanical strength; Metamorphism; Metastability

Indexed keywords

DRY GRANULITE; MOUNTAINS;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INFILTRATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; WATER;

ROCKS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; ECLOGITE; GRANULITE; HYDRATION; METAMORPHISM; NATURAL ANALOG; OROGENIC BELT;

EID: 3543050703     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20397.1     Document Type: Article

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