Crustal channel flows: 2. Numerical models with implications for metamorphism in the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Jamieson, Rebecca A ^a   Beaumont, Christopher ^a   Medvedev, Sergei ^a   Nguyen, Mai H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Himalayan Tibetan orogen; Thermal mechanical models

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 4644339343     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002811     Document Type: Article

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