Viscous flow during salt welding

Tectonophysics

Volumn 510, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 309-326

  Wagner, Bryce H ^a   Jackson, Martin P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Creep; Navier Stokes; Salt tectonics; Welds

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELS; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; DISSOLVED METALS; DYNAMIC VISCOSITIES; EVAPORITES; EXACT SOLUTION; FLOW LENGTH; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; LAYER THICKNESS; MULTI-LAYERED; NAVIER STOKES; RATE INCREASE; SALT EVACUATIONS; SALT LAYERS; SEDIMENT WEDGE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CREEP; DRAG; HYDRAULICS; HYDROCARBONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW; WELDING; WELDS;

SALT TECTONICS;

ALLOCHTHONY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BRINE; DRAG; EVAPORITE; GEOMETRY; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SALT TECTONICS; VISCOUS FLOW; WALL ROCK;

EID: 80053224888     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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