Changes in orientation of near-surface stress field as constraints to mantle viscosity and horizontal stress differences in Eastern Canada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2263-2266

  Wu, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOPHYSICS; ROTATION; STRESS RELAXATION; STRESSES; VISCOSITY;

HORIZONTAL STRESS DIFFERENCES; MANTLE VISCOSITY; STRESS FIELD; STRESS ORIENTATION; TECTONIC STRESS;

TECTONICS;

MANTLE; STRESS FIELD; STRESS ROTATION; VISCOSITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0030207012     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02149     Document Type: Article

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