Three-phase tectonic evolution of the northern margin of Puerto Rico as inferred from an integration of seismic reflection, well, and outcrop data

Marine Geology

Volumn 161, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 257-286

  Van Gestel, Jean Paul ^a   Mann, Paul ^a   Grindlay, Nancy R ^b   Dolan, James F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate platforms; Forearc basins; Puerto Rico; Stratigraphy; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032727838     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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