Subsidence and extension at a convergent plate margin: Evidence for subduction erosion off Costa Rica

Terra Nova

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 112-117

  Meschede, Martin ^a   Zweigel, Peter ^b   Kiefer, Ernst ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c TUI   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033388301     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1999.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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