Effect of local variations of vertical and horizontal stresses on the Cenozoic structuring of the mid-Norwegian shelf

Tectonophysics

Volumn 470, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 267-283

  Grunnaleite, I ^a   Fjeldskaar, W ^a   Wilson, J ^b   Faleide, J I ^b   Zweigel, J ^c  

^a IRIS ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Basin modelling; EET; Intra plate stress; Isostatic uplift; Mid Norwegian shelf; Vertical motions

Indexed keywords

BASIN MODELLING; EET; INTRA PLATE STRESS; ISOSTATIC UPLIFT; MID-NORWEGIAN SHELF; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

DEFORMATION; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOSTASY; STRESS; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORWEGIAN SEA; NORWEGIAN SHELF [NORWEGIAN SEA];

EID: 67349265190     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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