Crustal structure of the middle American trench off Costa Rica from wide-angle seismic data

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1006-1021

  Ye, S ^a   Bialas, J ^a   Flueh, E R ^a   Stavenhagen, A ^a   Von Huene, R ^a   Leandro, G ^b   Hinz, K ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTO COSTARRICENSE DE ELECTRICIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

PACIFIC, MIDDLE AMERICAN TRENCH;

EID: 0030424881     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC00827     Document Type: Article

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