The large-scale surface uplift in the Altiplano-Puna region of Bolivia: A parametric study of source characteristics and crustal rheology using finite element analysis

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Hickey, James ^a   Gottsmann, Joachim ^a   Del Potro, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crustal mechanics; Finite Element Analysis; ground deformation; Uturuncu; volcanic unrest

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RHEOLOGY; STRESSES; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLCANOES;

GROUND DEFORMATIONS; SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SUBSURFACE DEFORMATION; TIME-DEPENDENT DEFORMATION; UTURUNCU; VISCOELASTIC RHEOLOGY; VOLCANIC UNREST;

DEFORMATION;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORWARD MODELING; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MAGMA; RHEOLOGY; UPLIFT; VISCOELASTICITY;

ALTIPLANO; BOLIVIA; POTOSI [BOLIVIA]; PUNA; UTURUNCU;

EID: 84879665548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20057     Document Type: Article

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