3D Flexure and intraplate compression in the North Sea Basin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 266, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 343-359

  Van Wees, J D ^a   Cloetingh, S ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D flexure model; Intraplate stress; North Sea Basin

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; FLEXURE MODEL; INTRAPLATE AREA; INTRAPLATE STRESS; STRESS; TECTONOPHYSICS;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030419587     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00197-7     Document Type: Article

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