Stress balance above subduction: Application to the Andes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 1037-1050

  Husson, L ^a   Ricard, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Fluid dynamics; Stress; Subduction; Topography

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2942571055     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.03.041     Document Type: Article

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