Crustal mechanics control the geometry of mountain belts. Insights from numerical modelling
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- 作者：Katharina Vogt ; k.j.vogt@uu.nl ; Liviu Matenco ; Sierd Cloetingh
- 关键词：collision ; mountain belt ; continental subduction ; double vergent orogen ; numerical modelling
- 刊名：Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：15 February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：460
- 期：Complete
- 页码：12-21
- 全文大小：4195 K
- 卷排序：460
文摘
We use thermo-mechanical models to investigate continent–continent collision zones. Collision may result in double vergent orogens or continental subduction. Crustal mechanics determine this transition. Strong rheological coupling of upper and lower crust forms double vergent orogens. Low rheological coupling of upper and lower crust results in continental subduction.