Numerical model of fluid pressure solitary wave propagation along the décollement of an accretionary wedge: Application to the Nankai wedge

Geofluids

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-334

  Bourlange, Sylvain ^a   Henry, P ^b  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge; Fluid; Nankai; Permeability; Solitary wave

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; FLUID PRESSURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; SOLITARY WAVE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34547119948     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2007.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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