Microseismicity evidence for subduction of the Caribbean plate beneath the South American plate in northwestern Venezuela

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B8, 1997, Pages 17875-17882

  Pérez, Omar J ^a,b   Jaimes, Martha A ^a,b   Garciacaro, Emilio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad Simon Bolivar   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; MICROSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE; SUBDUCTION;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0031405827     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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