Tectonics and melting in intra-continental settings

Gondwana Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 196-208

  Gorczyk, Weronika ^a   Vogt, Katharina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intra continental deformation; Intra plate magmatism; Melt generation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; MELTING; METAMORPHISM; MOBILE BELT; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84911969235     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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