Dynamics of continental accretion

Nature

Volumn 508, Issue 7495, 2014, Pages 245-248

  Moresi, L ^a,b   Betts, P G ^a   Miller, M S ^c   Cayley, R A ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Geological Survey of Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONVERGENCE; GONDWANA; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ARTICLE; CONTINENTAL ACCRETION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LITHOSPHERE; LLANDOVERY (EPOCH); LOWER DEVONIAN; NORTH AMERICAN; ORDOVICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILURIAN; UPPER SILURIAN; WENLOCK (EPOCH);

CORDILLERA; PARAGUAY;

EID: 84893381823     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13033     Document Type: Article

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