Three-dimensional forward and backward modelling of diapirism: Numerical approach and its applicability to the evolution of salt structures in the Pricaspian basin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 387, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 81-103

  Ismail Zadeh, Alik ^a,b   Tsepelev, Igor ^c   Talbot, Chistopher ^d   Korotkii, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3D dynamic restoration; FEM; Halokinesis; Numerical modelling; Pricaspian basin; Salt diapirism; Salt extrusion

Indexed keywords

DIAPIRISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SALT DOME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 11144340285     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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