Tectonic erosion and consequent collapse of the Pacific margin of Costa Rica: Combined implications from ODP leg 170, seismic offshore data, and regional geology of the Nicoya Peninsula

Tectonics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 649-668

  Vannucchi, Paola ^a   Scholl, David W ^b   Meschede, Martin ^c   McDougall Reid, Kristin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COCOS PLATE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEISMIC DATA; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

COSTA RICA; COSTA RICA MARGIN; NICOYA PENINSULA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034783123     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000TC001223     Document Type: Article

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