Indentation as an extrusion mechanism of lower crustal rocks: Insight from analogue and numerical modelling, application to the Eastern Bohemian Massif

Lithos

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 158-168

  Duretz, T ^a   Kaus, B J P ^a   Schulmann, K ^b   Gapais, D ^c   Kermarrec, J J ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bohemian Massif; Granulite extrusion; Indentation; Numerical modelling; Scaling laws

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXTRUSION; GEODYNAMICS; GRANULITE; INDENTATION; LOWER CRUST; NAPPE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF;

EID: 79952627949     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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