Intracratonic geodynamics

Gondwana Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 838-848

  Gorczyk, Weronika ^a   Hobbs, Bruce ^a,b   Gessner, Klaus ^a,c   Gerya, Taras ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intra plate deformation; Mantle lithosphere; Numerical modelling; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84883776124     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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