3D modelling of rifting through a pre-existing stack of nappes in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): A mixed analogue/numerical approach

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 253, Issue , 2006, Pages 233-252

  Le Pourhiet, Laetitia ^a,b,c   Mattioni, L ^b,d   Moretti, I ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BEICIP FRANLAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFTING;

GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33646422459     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.253.01.12     Document Type: Article

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