Mechanics of basin inversion: Finite element modelling of the Pannonian Basin System

Tectonophysics

Volumn 502, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 121-145

  Jarosinski, M ^a   Beekman, F ^b   Matenco, L ^b   Cloetingh, S ^b  

^a POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b Netherlands Research Centre for Integrated Solid Earth Science ISES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basin inversion; Compression; Finite element modelling; Pannonian Basin

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; BASIN INVERSIONS; COMPRESSION; ELASTIC STRAIN; ELASTO-VISCOPLASTIC; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FULLY-COUPLED; ISOSTATIC REBOUND; NUMERICAL MODELS; PANNONIAN BASIN; PLANE STRAINS; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY BASINS; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; STRESS REGIME; STRESS STATE; STRESS/STRAIN; SURFACE UNDULATION; TECTONIC FEATURES; THERMO-MECHANICAL; TIME INTERVAL;

BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASIN EVOLUTION; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 78651323446     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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