Crustal melting and the flow of mountains

Elements

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-260

  Jamieson, Rebecca A ^a   Unsworth, Martyn J ^b   Harris, Nigel B W ^c   Rosenberg, Claudio L ^d   Schulmann, Karel ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Crustal melting; Ductile flow; Melt weakening; Mountain belts

Indexed keywords

BELTS; CHANNEL FLOW; MELTING;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEEP STRUCTURE; DUCTILE FLOW; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; GRANITE INTRUSIONS; MOUNTAIN BELTS; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

LANDFORMS;

CHANNEL FLOW; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FLOW PATTERN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REDUCTION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 80052469522     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.7.4.253     Document Type: Article

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