Continental transforms: A view from the Alpine Fault

RJ Norris, VG Toy - Journal of Structural Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Continental transform faults are dominantly highly localized strike-slip shear zones
hundreds of kilometers long that accumulate tens to hundreds of kilometers of displacement …

Orogeny and orography: The effects of erosion on the structure of mountain belts

SD Willett - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
A numerical model of the coupled processes of tectonic deformation and surface erosion in
convergent orogens is developed to investigate the nature of the interaction between these …

Late Quaternary slip rates and slip partitioning on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

RJ Norris, AF Cooper - Journal of Structural Geology, 2001 - Elsevier
Published geological data on Late Quaternary offsets on the Alpine Fault, New Zealand,
have been assembled into a common format and analysed with respect to uncertainties …

Interpretation of Cenozoic tectonics in the right-lateral accommodation zone between the Ailao Shan shear zone and the eastern Himalayan syntaxis

E Wang, BC Burchfiel - International Geology Review, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
The region between India and South China has evolved tectonically as an accommodation
zone during postcollisional intracontinental deformation between the Indian and Eurasian …

On the origin of orogens

RA Jamieson, C Beaumont - Bulletin, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In order to understand how orogens “work,” a quantitative approach demonstrating proof of
concept is essential. Our goal is to reconcile the diverse array of tectonic features observed …

Factors controlling the Alpine evolution of the central Pyrenees inferred from a comparison of observations and geodynamical models

C Beaumont, JA Muñoz, J Hamilton… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Geodynamical numerical modeling has been combined with crustal structural restoration of
the central Pyrenees in order to gain insight into fundamental processes that control the …

Coupling and decoupling of crust and mantle in convergent orogens: Implications for strain partitioning in the crust

L Royden - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Topographic relief, strain partitioning and crust‐mantle coupling within convergent orogens
may be systematically related to the distribution of strength as a function of depth within …

[图书][B] Geodynamics of the Lithosphere

K Stüwe - 2002 - Springer
The large scale structure of the earth is caused by geodynamic processes which are
explained using energetic, kinematic and dynamic descriptions. While" geodynamic …

Crustal flow modes in large hot orogens C. BEAUMONT¹, MH NGUYEN¹. 2, RA JAMIESON² & S. ELLIS³

C BEAUMONT¹ - Channel flow, ductile extrusion and exhumation …, 2006 - books.google.com
Crustal-scale channel flow numerical models support recent interpretations of Himalayan-
Tibetan tectonics proposing that gravitationally driven channel flows of low-viscosity, melt …

Structural signatures and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Indosinian Xuefengshan tectonic belt, South China Block

Y Wang, Y Zhang, W Fan, T Peng - Journal of Structural Geology, 2005 - Elsevier
To advance our understanding of the kinematics of the Xuefengshan tectonic belt (XFSTB)
and the Mesozoic tectonics of the South China Block (SCB), this paper presents new data …