Incorporating metamorphism in geodynamic models: The mass conservation problem

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-10

  Hetényi, György ^a   Godard, Vincent ^b   Cattin, Rodolphe ^c   Connolly, James A D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics: compressional; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Mechanics, theory, and modelling; Phase transitions; Tectonics and landscape evolution; Ultra high pressure metamorphism

Indexed keywords

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; BOUSSINESQ MODEL; COMPRESSIONAL; CONSERVATION OF MASS; DENSITY CHANGE; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; MASS CONSERVATION; MASS CONSERVATION ERROR; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE;

ERRORS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TECTONICS;

GEODYNAMICS;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; ECLOGITE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEODYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; PHASE TRANSITION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

EID: 79959236074     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05052.x     Document Type: Article

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