Evidence for active normal faulting on 5.9 Ma crust near Hole 504B on the southern flank of the Costa Rica rift

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-86

  Kent, Graham M ^a   Swift, Stephen A ^a   Detrick, Robert S ^a   Collins, John A ^a   Stephen, Ralph A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL EXTENSION; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; NORMAL FAULTING; NORMAL FAULTS; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; SEDIMENTARY HORIZONS; SINGLE CHANNELS; COSTA RICA;

FAULT SLIPS;

ACTIVE FAULT; FAULTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; ACTIVE NORMAL FAULTING; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; EXTENSION; FAULTS; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; NORMAL FAULTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; STRESS;

COSTA RICAN MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; COSTA RICA RIFT; PACIFIC;

EID: 0029775399     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0083:EFANFO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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