Why is the North America Cordillera high? Hot backarcs, thermal isostasy, and mountain belts

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 783-786

  Hyndman, R D ^a   Currie, C A ^b  

^a PACIFIC GEOSCIENCE CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HIGH ELEVATION; MOUNTAIN BELTS; NORTH AMERICAN; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; THERMAL CONSTRAINTS;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

LANDFORMS;

BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; ELEVATION; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 79960582455     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31998.1     Document Type: Article

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