Seafloor structural observations, Costa Rica accretionary prism

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 883-886

  McAdoo, Brian G ^a   Orange, Daniel L ^b   Silver, Eli A ^a   McIntosh, Kirk ^c,e   Abbott, Lon ^a   Galewsky, Joe ^a   Kahn, Leslie ^a   Protti, Marino ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACCRETIONARY PRISMS; FLUID FLOW; HEAT FLOW; SEA FLOOR MORPHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMERSIBLE DIVE; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

COSTA RICA; PACIFIC, COSTA RICA ACCRETIONARY PRISM; PACIFIC, COSTA RICA MARGIN;

DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIPS; HEAT TRANSFER; PRISMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SEEPAGE; SUBMERSIBLES; TECTONICS; UNDERWATER HEAT TRANSFER;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTS; AUTHIGENIC CARBONATES; LOW VISCOSITY FLUIDS; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGIES; SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORKS; STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

COSTA RICA ACCRETIONARY PRISM; HEAT FLOW ANOMALIES; NORMAL FAULTS; OUT OF SEQUENCE THRUSTS; SEAFLOOR MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0029669307     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00731     Document Type: Article

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