Three-dimensional mantle lithosphere deformation at collisional plate boundaries: A subduction scissor across the South Island of New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 334-346

  Pysklywec, R N ^a   Ellis, S M ^b   Gorman, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

continental collision; mantle lithosphere; New Zealand; numerical modelling; subduction

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONTINENTAL MANTLE; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OCEAN PLATES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SLIP EFFECTS; SOUTH ISLAND; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VISCOUS INSTABILITY;

GEOPHYSICS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOOLS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 73449094494     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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