Thermal control on post-orogenic extension in collision belts

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Jun 1988

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters (ISSN 0012-821X), vol. 89, no. 1, June 1988, p. 48-62.

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Earth Crust, Geotemperature, Orography, Planetary Evolution, Collisions, Creep Strength, Earth Surface, Heat Transfer, Lithosphere, Two Dimensional Models

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Two-dimensional numerical models of orogentic belts were used to investigate the transient thermal evolution of a mountain belt, with specific attention given to the effects of the shortening rate, the final width of the belt, and the rate of crustal radiogenic heat production. It was found that, in the range of geological values, the shortening rate has little effect. Crustal temperature was found to increase as a function of belt width, with the most pronounced sensitivity in the 100-300 km width range and at large values of crustal heat generation. The average rate of crustal heat production was estimated to be about 0.0000011 W/cu m.

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