Approximate Self-Similarity in Models of Geological Folding
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چکیده
We propose a model for the folding of rock under the compression of tectonic plates. This models an elastic rock layer imbedded in a viscous foundation by a fourth-order parabolic equation with a nonlinear constraint. The large-time behaviour of solutions of this problem is examined and found to be of approximately self-similar form.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics
دوره 60 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000