Critical form and feedbacks in mountain-belt dynamics: Role of rheology as a tectonic governor

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Roe, Gerard H ^a   Brandon, Mark T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENY; RHEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951478019     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006571     Document Type: Article

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