Dynamics of continental accretion

L. Moresi (), P. G. Betts, M. S. Miller and R. A. Cayley
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L. Moresi: School of Geosciences, Monash University
P. G. Betts: School of Geosciences, Monash University
M. S. Miller: University of Southern California
R. A. Cayley: Geological Survey of Victoria

Nature, 2014, vol. 508, issue 7495, 245-248

Abstract: Three-dimensional dynamic computer models show how accretionary tectonic margins evolve from the initial plate-collision state, through a period of plate margin instability, and then re-establish a stable convergent margin; the models illustrate how significant curvature of the orogenic system develops, as well as the mechanism for tectonic escape of the back-arc region.

Date: 2014
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