Relationship between the present-day stress field and plate boundary forces in the Pacific Northwest

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3381-3384

  Geist, Eric L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRESSES; TECTONICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; INTRAPLATE STRESS FIELDS; MECHANICAL COMPONENTS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PLATE BOUNDARIES; TECTONIC BOUNDARIES; TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY;

FAULTING; TECTONICS;

AVES;

CONTINENTAL DEFORMATION; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SHEAR TRACTION; STRESS FIELDS; SUBDUCTION;

DEFORMATION; PLATE BOUNDARY FORCE; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

USA, PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 0030291946     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03157     Document Type: Article

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