Discrete element modeling of the faulting in the sedimentary cover above an active salt diapir
Authors:
- Hongwei YinHYHongwei Yin
- Jie ZhangJZJie Zhang
- Lingsen MengLMLingsen Meng
- Yuping LiuYLYuping Liu
- Shijing XuSXShijing Xu
- 1 September 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Structural Geology
- Vol. 31 (9) , 989-995
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