The influence of topographic and lithologic features on horizontal deformations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 586-602

  Gebauer, Andre ^a   Kroner, C ^b   Jahr, T ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elasticity and anelasticity; Mechanics, theory, and modelling; Numerical approximations and analysis; Rheology: crust and lithosphere; Site effects

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HILLSLOPE; LITHOLOGY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOGRAPH; SITE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 64849085791     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04072.x     Document Type: Article

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