Some simple physical aspects of the support, structure, and evolution of mountain belts

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 218, Issue , 1988, Pages 179-207

  Molnar, Peter ^a   Lyon Caen, Hélène ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GRAVITATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRESSURE GAGES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ADDITIONAL FORCES; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; MOUNTAIN BUILDING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

LANDFORMS;

CRUSTAL ROOT; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; ELEVATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GRAVITY FIELD; ISOSTASY; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANDES; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; NORTH AMERICA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84879571658     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/SPE218-p179     Document Type: Article

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