Trench migration and upper plate strain over a convecting mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 212-213, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-43

  Husson, Laurent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Interplate forces; Mantle flow; Orogenesis; Subduction; Trench migration

Indexed keywords

INTERPLATE FORCES; MANTLE FLOW; OROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION; TRENCH MIGRATION;

TECTONICS;

DRAG;

BUOYANCY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DRAG; MANTLE CONVECTION; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH;

EID: 84868243966     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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