An experimental study of incremental surface loading of an elastic plate: Application to volcano tectonics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 1995, Pages 1981-1984

  Williams, K K ^a   Zuber, M T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; SURFACE LOADING; TENSIONAL CRACK; VOLCANIC LOADING;

EID: 0029501735     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL02009     Document Type: Article

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