Ephemeral crustal thickening at a triple junction: The Mendocino crustal conveyor

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-130

  Furlong, Kevin P ^a   Govers, Rob ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; MECHANICAL FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTIONS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; VISCOUS COUPLING;

GEOLOGY;

COUPLING; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VISCOSITY;

MENDOCINO TRIPLE JUNCTION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84879887258     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0127:ECTAAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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