On the origin of orogens

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 1671-1702

  Jamieson, R A ^a   Beaumont, C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONAL OROGENESIS; CONTINENTAL COLLISIONS; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC SUBDUCTION; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; TECTONIC FEATURES;

CLIMATE MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 84887224341     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30855.1     Document Type: Article

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