Plate tectonic reconstructions of the Juan Fernandez microplate: transformation from internal shear to rigid rotation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B4, 1998, Pages 7049-7067

  Bird, Robert T ^a,b,c   Naar, David F ^d   Larson, Roger L ^a   Searle, Roger C ^e   Scotese, Christopher R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; ROTATION; SHEAR; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

JUAN FERNANDEZ MICROPLATE; PACIFIC;

EID: 0032502495     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02133     Document Type: Article

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