Central Costa Rica deformed belt: Kinematics of diffuse faulting across the western Panama block

Tectonics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 468-492

  Marshall, Jeffrey S ^a   Fisher, Donald M ^a   Gardner, Thomas W ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0034450339     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999TC001136     Document Type: Article

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