Numerical modelling of rise and fall of a dense layer in salt diapirs

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 798-816

  Chemia, Zurab ^a   Koyi, H ^a   Schmeling, H ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diapir and diapirism; Dynamics:gravity and tectonics; Geomechanics; Mechanics, theory, and modelling; Numerical solutions; Sedimentary basin processes

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ANHYDRITE; BASIN EVOLUTION; ENTRAINMENT; GEOMECHANICS; GRAVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALT DOME; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TECTONICS;

EID: 38349194983     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03661.x     Document Type: Article

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