Contrasting styles of Phanerozoic and Precambrian continental collision

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 522-545

  Sizova, E ^a   Gerya, T ^a,b   Brown, M ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Exhumation; Precambrian orogenesis; Slab breakoff; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PHANEROZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 84891744897     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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