Three-dimensional numerical modeling of contemporary mantle flow and tectonic stress beneath the earthquake-prone southeastern Carpathians based on integrated analysis of seismic, heat flow, and gravity data

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 81-98

  Ismail Zadeh, Alik ^a,b,c   Mueller, Birgit ^a   Schubert, Gerald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High velocity body; Lithospheric slab; Mantle flow; Numerical modeling; Viscous stress; Vrancea seismicity

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

HEAT FLOW; MANTLE FLOW; STRESS GENERATION; TECTONIC STRESS;

TECTONICS;

MANTLE; MODELING; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CARPATHIANS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14744291788     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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