Does subduction polarity changes below the Alps? Inferences from analogue modelling

Tectonophysics

Volumn 582, Issue , 2013, Pages 140-161

  Luth, Stefan ^a   Willingshofer, Ernst ^b   Sokoutis, Dimitrios ^b,c   Cloetingh, Sierd ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alps; Analogue modelling; Lithosphere; Orogenesis; Rheology; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ALPS; ANALOGUE MODELLING; LITHOSPHERE; OROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION;

ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RHEOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANALOG MODEL; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; MANTLE; OROGENY; PLATE TECTONICS; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION;

ALPS;

EID: 84870771363     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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