Analytical solutions for 3-D flexural deformation of semi-infinite elastic plates

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 907-918

  Wessel, Pål ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexure of the lithosphere; Green's functions

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC FLEXURE; GREEN'S FUNCTION; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERE DEFORMATION; LOADING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029751308     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05644.x     Document Type: Article

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