Dilatant plasticity applied to Alpine collision: Ductile void growth in the intraplate area beneath the Eifel volcanic field

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-21

  Regenauer Lieb, Klaus ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE OROGENY; COLLISION ZONE; DEGASSING; DILATION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MANTLE PROCESS; PLASTICITY; SEISMICITY; SHEAR;

EIFEL; GERMANY; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

EID: 0345369640     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(97)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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