Tectonic segmentation of the North Andean margin: Impact of the Carnegie Ridge collision

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 255-270

  Gutscher, M A ^a   Malavieille, J ^a   Lallemand, S ^a   Collot, J Y ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Northern Andes; Plate collision; Segmentation; Seismicity; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEGMENTATION; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033562264     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00060-6     Document Type: Article

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