Influence of erosion on the kinematics of bivergent orogens: Results from scaled sandbox simulations

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 398, Issue , 2006, Pages 201-225

  Hoth, S ^a   Adam, J ^a   Kukowski, N ^a   Oncken, O ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bivergent orogen; Erosion; PIV; Sandbox simulations; Thrust displacement rates

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BIVERGENT OROGEN; DISPLACEMENT RATE; OUT OF SEQUENCES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SANDBOX EXPERIMENTS; SANDBOX SIMULATION; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; WEDGE DEFORMATIONS;

EROSION;

ACCUMULATION; CONVERGENCE; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EROSION; KINEMATICS; OROGENY; SIMULATION; STRAIN RATE; THRUST; UPLIFT;

EID: 76149123594     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2398(12)     Document Type: Article

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