Rheological properties of paraffin as an analogue material for viscous crustal deformation

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-417

  Rossetti, Federico ^a   Ranalli, Giorgio ^b   Faccenna, Claudio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PARAFFINS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

MELTING POINT; RHEOLOGICAL STRATIFICATION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANALOG MODEL; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; PARAFFIN;

EID: 0033015983     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(99)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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