Fragmentation of active continental plate margins owing to the buoyancy of the mantle wedge

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 257-261

  Rey, P F ^a   Muller R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; BUOYANCY; COLLAPSE; CRATON; FRAGMENTATION; GONDWANA; GRAVITY FIELD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MARGINAL BASIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; PACIFIC PLATE; SUBDUCTION;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77950532617     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo825     Document Type: Article

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