Fore-arc deformation at the transition between collision and subduction: Insights from 3-D thermomechanical laboratory experiments

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Boutelier, D ^a   Oncken, O ^b   Cruden, A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; ACTIVE MARGINS; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; COLLISION AREA; COLLISION PROCESS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DELAYED FAILURE; INITIAL STAGES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MODELING RESULTS; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; OROGENIC BELTS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PRESSURE FORCE; PROPAGATION MECHANISM; SHEAR TRACTION; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; TRANSITION ZONES; TWO PLATES;

DEFORMATION;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; COLLISION; COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEFORMATION; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; THERMOMECHANICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 84860234446     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC003060     Document Type: Article

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