Deformation, exhumation, and topography of experimental doubly-vergent orogenic wedges subjected to asymmetric erosion

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-115

  Cruz, Leonardo ^a   Teyssier, Christian ^a   Perg, Lesley ^a   Take, Andy ^b   Fayon, Annia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric erosion; Exhumation; Kinematics; Orogenic wedge; PIV; Sandbox Modeling

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC EROSION; EXHUMATION; OROGENIC WEDGE; SANDBOX MODELING;

DEFORMATION; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KINEMATICS; SHEAR BANDS; TOPOGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; DIP; DISPLACEMENT; EROSION; EXHUMATION; KINEMATICS; OROGENIC BELT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STRAIN; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 49449114856     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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