The Nicoya convergent margin-a region of exceptionally low heat flow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 891-894

  Langseth, Marcus G ^a   Silver, Eli A ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; CHANNEL FLOW; SUBMERSIBLES; TECTONICS; UNDERWATER HEAT TRANSFER; UNDERWATER TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONVERGENT MARGIN; EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; FRICTIONAL HEATING; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; SUBDUCTING PLATE;

HEAT TRANSFER; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACCRETIONARY WEDGES; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGINS; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL COOLING; SEA FLOOR; SUBDUCTION;

COSTA RICA, NICOYA PENINSULA; PACIFIC; PACIFIC, NICOYA MARGIN;

EXTENSIONAL FAULTS; HYDROTHERMAL COOLING; NICOYA CONVERGENT MARGIN; SUBDUCTING PLATE;

EID: 0029669352     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00733     Document Type: Article

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