Thrust wedges with décollement levels and syntectonic erosion: A view from analog models

Tectonophysics

Volumn 502, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 336-350

  Konstantinovskaya, E ^a   Malavieille, J ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Analog modeling; Antiformal stack; Canadian Rockies; Erosion; Exhumation; Thrust wedge

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODELING; ANTIFORMAL STACK; CANADIAN ROCKIES; EXHUMATION; THRUST WEDGE;

EXPERIMENTS;

EROSION;

ACCRETION; DECOLLEMENT; EROSION RATE; EXHUMATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUST; UNDERPLATING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79953313183     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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