Structure of the Mérida Andes, Venezuela: Relations with the South America-Caribbean geodynamic interaction

Tectonophysics

Volumn 345, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 1-26

  Audemard, Felipe E ^a   Audemard, Franck A ^b  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b Venezuelan Foundation for Seismological Research   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Crustal models; M rida Andes; Strain partitioning; Triangular zones; Type A subduction; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; STRAIN PARTITIONING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANDES; MERIDA ANDES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0036230597     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00218-9     Document Type: Article

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