Role of the tectonic accretion channel in collisional orogeny

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1143-1146

  Engi M , Roselle G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central Alps; Collision; High pressure; Metamorphic belts; Numerical models; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN BELTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETION; COLLISION ZONE; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS;

EID: 84879888704     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1143:ROTTAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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