Dynamic models of subduction: Geophysical and geological evidence in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 555-578

  Giunchi, Carlo ^a,b   Sabadini, Roberto ^a   Boschi, Enzo ^b   Gasperini, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lithospheric deformation; Stress distribution; Subduction; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LITHOSPHERE; STRESS; SUBDUCTION;

TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 0030517837     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05310.x     Document Type: Article

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