Nonlinear viscoelastic compaction in sedimentary basins

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Yang, Xin She ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DRILLING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE SOLUTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0034127390     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-7-1-2000     Document Type: Article

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