Overriding plate shortening and extension above subduction zones: A parametric study to explain formation of the Andes Mountains

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1441-1454

  Schellart, Wouter P ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Andes; Deformation; Mountain building; Overriding plate; Slab; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ANDES; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; OVERRIDING PLATE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

DEFORMATION; LANDFORMS; SURVEYS; TECTONICS;

VELOCITY;

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 53249103574     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26360.1     Document Type: Article

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