Pressure conditions for shear and tensile failure around a circular magma chamber; insight from elasto-plastic modelling

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-130

  Gerbault, Muriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FAILURE MECHANISM; MAGMA CHAMBER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERPRESSURE; SHEAR BAND; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84873022236     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP367.8     Document Type: Article

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