Unraveling topography around subduction zones from laboratory models

Tectonophysics

Volumn 526-529, Issue , 2012, Pages 5-15

  Husson, Laurent ^a,b   Guillaume, Benjamin ^a,b,c,d   Funiciello, Francesca ^d   Faccenna, Claudio ^d   Royden, Leigh H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog modeling; Dynamic pressure; Dynamic topography; Forebulge; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODELING; DYNAMIC PRESSURE; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; FOREBULGE; SUBDUCTION;

GLUCOSE; SILICONES;

TOPOGRAPHY;

GEODYNAMICS; ISOSTASY; LABORATORY METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC PLATE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857916381     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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