Tectonic pressure: Theoretical concepts and modelled examples

Lithos

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 149-177

  Mancktelow, Neil S ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deformation; Flow; Fracture; Overpressure; Tectonic pressure; Tectonic stress

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DEFORMATION; FOLDING; OVERPRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR ZONE; STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS;

EID: 44449133568     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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