The role of gravitational potential energy in active deformation in the southwestern United States

Nature

Volumn 381, Issue 6577, 1996, Pages 37-41

  Jones, Craig H ^a   Unruh, Jeffrey R ^b   Sonder, Leslie J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY FORCE; BUOYANCY FORCE; DEFORMATION; GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY; OROGENIC BELT; RHEOLOGY;

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EID: 0029731197     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/381037a0     Document Type: Article

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