A numerical model for coupled fluid flow and matrix deformation with applications to disequilibrium compaction and delta stability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Morency, Christina ^a,b   Huismans, Ritske S ^a,c   Beaumont, Christopher ^a   Fullsack, Philippe ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; DARCY LAW; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RHEOLOGY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 37349119809     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004701     Document Type: Article

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