Numerical approach to problems of gravitational instability of geostructures with advected material boundaries

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 473-483

  Naimark, Boris M ^a   Ismail Zadeh, Ali T ^a   Jacoby, Wolfgang R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAPIR; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; MANTLE FLOW; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

EID: 0031665515     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1998.tb07140.x     Document Type: Article

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