Thrust wedges and fluid overpressures: Sandbox models involving pore fluids

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Mourgues, Regis ^a,b   Cobbold, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEFORMATION; FLUID PRESSURE; OVERPRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

EID: 33745801828     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003441     Document Type: Article

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