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Geoscience ›› 2004, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (4): 435-442.

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COEXISTING OF CONTRAST LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION AND MAGMATISM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION: MANTLE FLOW AS THE RESPONSE AND EXPRESSION TO THE CONTINENT-CONTINENT COLLISION

DENG Jin-fu1, Martin F.J.Flower2, SU Shang-guo1,YU Xue-hui1, LUO Zhao-hua1,QIU Rui-zhao3, WU Zong-xu4   

  1. 1. China University of Geosciences, Beijing  100083, China;
    2. University of Illinois at Chicago,IL 60607-7059,USA
    3. Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geosciences, Beijing  100037, China
    4. Institute of Geology, Chinese Earthquake Administration, Beijing  100029 China
  • Received:2004-10-08 Revised:2004-10-28 Online:2004-04-20 Published:2004-04-20

Abstract:

Based on the learning and understanding of the new data during the 32nd International Geological Congress and the Post-Congress field trio across the Apenninic-Maghrebian orogen in Sicily, this paper describes:(1)the coexisting of the striking contrast lithospheric deformation and magmatism in the Mediterranean region,(2)their synchronous migration with time, and suggests (3)a preliminary working model of the mantle flow during the continent-continent collional processes.

Key words: Mediterranean sea, contrast litheospheric deformation and magmatism, mantle flow

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