A numerical model of exhumation of the orogenic lower crust in the Bohemian Massif during the Variscan orogeny

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 595-619

  Maierová, Petra ^a   Čadek, Ondřej ^a   Lexa, Ondrej ^a   Schulmann, Karel ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

delamination; felsic granulites; Moldanubian zone; radiogenic heating

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; HEAT PRODUCTION; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOWER CRUST; METAMORPHISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATEAU; SEDIMENTATION;

BOHEMIAN MASSIF;

EID: 84862506386     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-011-0455-x     Document Type: Article

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