Arc-continent collisions, sediment recycling and the maintenance of the continental crust

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 318, Issue , 2009, Pages 75-103

  Clift, Peter D ^a,b   Schouten, Hans ^c   Vannucchi, Paola ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EXHUMATION; FOREARC BASIN; MAGMATISM; PASSIVE MARGIN; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UNDERPLATING; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 67651119191     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP318.3     Document Type: Article

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