Fluid accumulation and channeling along the northern Barbados Ridge decollement thrust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B9, 1999, Pages 20399-20414

  Bangs, Nathan L B ^a   Shipley, Thomas H ^a   Moore, J Casey ^b   Moore, Gregory F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DECOLLEMENT; FLUID FLOW; PLATE BOUNDARY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS RIDGE;

EID: 0033543296     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900133     Document Type: Article

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