The effect of the salt viscosity on future evolution of the Gorleben salt diapir, Germany

Tectonophysics

Volumn 473, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 446-456

  Chemia, Z ^a   Schmeling, H ^b   Koyi, H ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anhydrite; Deformation; Diapir; Gorleben; Rheology; Salt

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; DIAPIR; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; GERMANY; GORLEBEN; INTERNAL FLOWS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODELS;

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; PLASTICITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SULFATE MINERALS;

ANHYDRITE; DEFORMATION; DIAPIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPOSITORY; RHEOLOGY; SALT DOME; VISCOSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; GORLEBEN; LOWER SAXONY;

EID: 67650423988     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.03.027     Document Type: Article

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