Extensional stresses in the Colombian eastern Cordillera fold-and-thrust belt (northern Andes): Insights from 2D finite element modeling

Geologica Acta

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-350

  Rafiqul Islam, M D ^a   Hayashi, Daigoro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colombian Eastern Cordillera; Convergent displacement; Elastic rock properties; Extensional stress field; Finite element (FE) modeling

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MOHR THEORY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS FIELD; UPPER CRUST;

COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [COLOMBIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350164803     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1344/105.000001441     Document Type: Article

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