Dynamics of continental collision: Influence of the plate contact

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1101-1120

  De Franco, Roberta ^a   Govers, Rob ^a   Wortel, Rinus ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continental margins: Convergent; Numerical solutions; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 50649110512     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03857.x     Document Type: Article

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