The Rivera fracture zone revisited

Marine Geology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 207-225

  Michaud, François ^a   Royer, Jean Yves ^a,b   Bourgois, Jacques ^c   Mercier De Lepinay, Bernard ^c   Liaudon, Guillaume Petit ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

east Pacific; fracture zone; kinematics; Mexico; triple junction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SLIP VECTOR; FRACTURE ZONE; FRACTURE ZONES; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TRIPLE JUNCTION; TRIPLE JUNCTIONS;

PACIFIC, RIVERA FRACTURE ZONE;

EID: 0030620539     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(96)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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