Origin of tectonic stresses in the Chinese continent and adjacent areas

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-74

  Zhu, ShouBiao ^a,b   Shi, YaoLin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese continent; Ductile lower crust; Finite element method; Genetic algorithm; Topographic spreading forces

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LANDFORMS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

BASAL DRAG FORCE; TECTONIC STRESS; TOPOGRAPHIC SPREADING FORCE;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHM; INDIAN PLATE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33846460391     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-2064-7     Document Type: Article

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