Three-dimensional finite-element modelling of the tectonic stress field in continental Australia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 372, Issue , 2003, Pages 71-89

  Zhao, S ^a,b   Muller R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australia; Crustal plates; In situ stress; Numerical modelling; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE BRIDGES; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELASTIC MODULI; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS CONCENTRATION; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIA; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC THICKNESS; INSITU STRESS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC STRESS FIELDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IN SITU STRESS; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; TECTONICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84871406008     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2372-8.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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