The surface tectonics of mantle lithosphere delamination following ocean lithosphere subduction: Insights from physical-scaled analogue experiments

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Göǧüş, Oǧuz H ^a   Pysklywec, Russell N ^b   Corbi, Fabio ^b   Faccenna, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

delamination; retreating plates

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; STEEL SHEET; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL MANTLE; LITHOSPHERIC; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RETREATING PLATES;

DELAMINATION;

ACCRETION; COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DELAMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 79957503322     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003430     Document Type: Article

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