Estimates of modern arc-parallel strain rates in fore arcs

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-30

  McCaffrey, Robert ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHIC ROCKS; HIMALAYAS; NORTHERN CHILE; SLIP VECTORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRAINS;

STRAIN RATE;

DEFLECTION; EARTHQUAKE; GEODESY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; STRAIN RATE; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERRANE; THRUST; ARC-PARALLEL STRAIN RATES; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FOREARC; FOREARC BASINS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SLIP VECTOR;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ARC; ANTARCTICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILE; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; HIMALAYAS; KURIL ISLANDS; MARIANA ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SCOTIA ARC; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 0029752199     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0027:EOMAPS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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