Crustal dynamics and active fault mechanics during subduction erosion. Application of frictional wedge analysis on to the North Chilean Forearc

J Adam, C D Reuther

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)297-325
Number of pages29
JournalTectonophysics
Volume321
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2000

Keywords

  • basal tectonic erosion
  • forearc wedge dynamics
  • frictional wedge analysis
  • mass transfer
  • neotectonics
  • non-accretive margin
  • CRITICAL COULOMB WEDGES
  • HIGH ELEVATED PLATEAUS
  • CENTRAL ANDES
  • ACCRETIONARY WEDGES
  • TECTONIC EROSION
  • THRUST BELTS
  • JAPAN TRENCH
  • SEDIMENT SUBDUCTION
  • CONVERGENT MARGINS
  • ANALOG EXPERIMENTS

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