Salt diapirism with simultaneous brittle faulting and viscous flow

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 100, Issue , 1996, Pages 291-302

  Poliakov, Alexei N B ^a,b   Podladchikov, Yuri Yu ^c   Dawson, Ethan Ch ^d   Talbot, Christopher J ^e  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 5244282365     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.100.01.19     Document Type: Article

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