Initiation of Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities in intra-cratonic settings

Tectonophysics

Volumn 514-517, Issue , 2012, Pages 146-155

  Gorczyk, Weronika ^a   Hobbs, Bruce ^a,b   Gerya, Taras ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intra plate deformation; Lithosphere; Numerical modelling; Rayleigh Taylor instability

Indexed keywords

INSTABILITY DEVELOPMENT; LITHOSPHERE; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; NEW MODEL; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OROGENIC PROCESS; PLASTIC STRENGTH; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

CRATON; DEFORMATION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY;

EID: 84855305887     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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