Mechanical controls on the deformation of continents at convergent margins

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 151-166

  Audet, Pascal ^a   Jellinek, A Mark ^a   Uno, Hideharu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

anisotropy; convergent margin; deformation; elastic thickness; lithosphere

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES; LITHOSPHERE; MULTIPAPER COHERENCE METHODS;

ANISOTROPY; CANADA; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRESS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPPER MANTLE;

CANADA; CORDILLERA; NORTH AMERICA; PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36049025611     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.024     Document Type: Article

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