Landscape evolution within a retreating volcanic arc, Costa Rica, Central America

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-422

  Marshall, Jeffrey S ^a   Idleman, Bruce D ^b   Gardner, Thomas W ^c   Fisher, Donald M ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Geochronology; Landscape evolution; Subduction; Volcanic arc

Indexed keywords

ARC MIGRATION;

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; DRAINAGE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; COCOS PLATE; ISLAND ARC; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0038660002     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0419:LEWARV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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