Wide plate margin deformation, southern Central America and northwestern South America, CASA GPS observations

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-171

  Trenkamp, Robert ^a   Kellogg, James N ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^b   Mora, Hector P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c SERVICIO GEOLÓGICO COLOMBIANO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Arc continent collision; Caribbean; Earthquake strain; GPS; North Andes; Oblique subduction

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CARIBBEAN PLATE; COCOS PLATE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; GPS; NAZCA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; ECUADOR; PANAMA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0036074806     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(02)00018-4     Document Type: Article

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