Epeirogenic uplift above a detached slab in northern Central America

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1031-1034

  Rogers, Robert D ^a   Kárason, Hrafnkell ^b   van der Hilst, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Entrenched meanders; Slab break off; Tomography; Uplift

Indexed keywords

PLATEAU;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

MANTLE; P-WAVE; SLAB; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 0036862486     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1031:EUAADS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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