Viscoelastic thermal stress in cooling basalt flows

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B10, 2000, Pages 23695-23709

  Lore, Jason ^a,c   Gao, Huajian ^b   Aydin, Atilla ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COOLING; LAVA FLOW; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0033693331     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900226     Document Type: Article

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