From oceanic plateaus to allochthonous terranes: Numerical modelling

Gondwana Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 494-508

  Vogt, Katharina ^a   Gerya, Taras V ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Crustal growth; Oceanic plateau; Subduction; Terrane accretion

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERRANE; UPLIFT;

EID: 84891745832     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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