Flexure and seismicity across the ocean-continent transition in the Gulf of Cadiz

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 119-129

  Neves, Maria C ^a   Neves, Rui G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flexure; Gulf of Cadiz; Ocean continent transition; Seismicity; Strength

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 58349112299     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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