New extended thin-sheet approximation for geodynamic applications-II. Two-dimensional examples

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 586-608

  Medvedev, Sergei E ^a,c   Podladchikov, Yuri Yu ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensation depth; Crustal deformation; Density; Perturbation methods; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CREEP; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; THIN SKINNED TECTONICS;

EID: 0032923177     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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