Tectonic controls on carbonate sequence formation in an active strike-slip setting: Serranilla Basin, Northern Nicaragua Rise, Western Caribbean Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 355-382

  Duncan, David S ^a   Hine, Albert C ^b   Droxler, Andre W ^c  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate platforms; Carbonate sediments; Caribbean Sea; Nicaragua Rise; Seismic stratigraphy; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0032884597     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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