Consolidation state and strength of underthrust sediments and evolution of the décollement at the Nankai accretionary margin: Results of uniaxial reconsolidation experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Morgan, Julia K ^a   Ask, Maria V S ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accretionary prism; Consolidation; Effective stress

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONSOLIDATION; DECOLLEMENT; EFFECTIVE STRESS; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM;

NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2542506587     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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