When and why the continental crust is subducted: Examples of Hindu Kush and Burma

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 327-333

  Seno, Tetsuzo ^a   Rehman, Hafiz Ur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burma; Collision; Continental crust; Hindu Kush; Subduction

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION; THRUST; UPWELLING;

HINDU KUSH; MYANMAR;

EID: 78650696894     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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