The Grenville Orogen explained? Applications and limitations of integrating numerical models with geological and geophysical data

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-539

  Jamieson, R A ^a   Beaumont, C ^a   Warren, C J ^a,b   Nguyen, M H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE MODEL; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL BLOCK; FIRST-ORDER; FIRST-ORDER PROCESS; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; GEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; HIGH-PRESSURE ROCKS; LITHOPROBE TRANSECTS; MODEL DESIGN; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OROGENIC BELTS; OROGENIC EVOLUTION; SERIES MODEL; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC PROCESS;

NUMERICAL METHODS; TECTONICS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEODYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; LITHOPROBE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENIC BELT; SHEAR ZONE;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; MONTREAL; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77952141944     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E09-070     Document Type: Article

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