Delamination in collisional orogens: Thermomechanical modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Ueda, K ^a,b   Gerya, T V ^b,c   Burg, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DELAMINATION; EXHUMATION; FLOW PATTERN; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE; MOHO; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION; THERMOMECHANICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84865446740     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009144     Document Type: Article

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