Reconciling subduction dynamics during Tethys closure with large-scale Asian tectonics: Insights from numerical modeling

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 962-982

  Capitanio, F A ^a   Replumaz, A ^b,c   Riel, N ^a,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian tectonics; extrusion; indentation; subduction

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EXTRUSION; INDENTATION; NUMERICAL MODELS;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EXTRUSION TECTONICS; LATERAL EXTRUSION; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION DYNAMICS; SUBDUCTION PROCESS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS;

TECTONICS;

COLLISION ZONE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; INDENTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

ASIA;

EID: 84927631837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GC005660     Document Type: Article

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