Development of the accretionary prism along Peru and material flux after subduction of Nazca Ridge

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-33

  Von Huene, R ^a   Pecher, I A ^a   Gutscher, M A ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACCRETIONARY PRISMS; BACK STOP; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEVELOPMENT; MATERIAL FLUX; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

PACIFIC, NAZCA RIDGE; PACIFIC, PERU MARGIN; PACIFIC, PERUVIAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN;

EID: 0029749155     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC02618     Document Type: Article

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