Continental plate collision, P-T-t-z conditions and unstable vs. stable plate dynamics: Insights from thermo-mechanical modelling

Lithos

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 178-204

  Burov, Evgene ^a   Yamato, Philippe ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Exhumation; Methamorphism; Modeling; Orogens; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EXHUMATION; MODELING; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; THERMOMECHANICS; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 44449096546     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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