Propagation of tectonic waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Ricard, Y ^a,b   Husson, L ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DEFORMATION; GEOPHYSICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BOUNDARY STRESSES; COMPOSITIONAL ORIGINS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS; TECTONIC WAVES; THERMAL ORIGINS;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; OROGENY; TECTONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 27544450836     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023690     Document Type: Article

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