Episodic slab rollback fosters exhumation of HP-UHP rocks

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1292-1300

  Husson, Laurent ^a   Brun, Jean Pierre ^a   Yamato, Philippe ^b   Faccenna, Claudio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental margins: convergent; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; High strain deformation zones; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION; EPISODIC EVENT; EXHUMATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SLAB; STRAIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 70450199747     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04372.x     Document Type: Article

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