An unstable kinematic state of the Himalayan tectonic wedge: Evidence from experimental thrust-spacing patterns

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-91

  Bose, Santanu ^a   Mandal, Nibir ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Dilip K ^c   Mishra, Premanand ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Basal friction; Coulomb rheology; Himalayan fold and thrust belts; Sandbox experiments; Thrust sequence

Indexed keywords

BASAL FRICTION; COULOMB RHEOLOGY; HIMALAYAN FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; SANDBOX EXPERIMENTS; THRUST SEQUENCE;

COLLOIDS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MODELS; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TECTONICS; TRIBOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EXPERIMENTS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; FRICTION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; STRESS; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 57649221921     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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