CHÉRY , J.

We performed two-dimensional finite-element numerical modeling of subduction to study the deformation and failure pattern of an overriding plate. This plate has elasto-plastic rheology with strain weakening and contains a "volcanic arc" represented in the model as a thinned and rheologically weakened zone. The subducting plate is not modeled...

The Western Alps are among the best studied collisional belts with both detailed structural mapping and also crustal geophysical investigations such as the ECORS and EGT seismic profile. By contrast, the present-day kinematics of the belt is still largely unknown due to small relative motions and the insufficient accuracy of the triangulation...

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