High resolution seismic imaging of faults beneath Limón Bay, northern Panama Canal, Republic of Panama

Tectonophysics

Volumn 368, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 211-227

  Pratt, Thomas L ^a   Holmes, Mark ^a   Schweig, Eugene S ^b   Gomberg, Joan ^b   Cowan, Hugh A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Faults; Neotectonics; Panama; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

CANAL; FAULT; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

LIMON BAY; PANAMA; PANAMA CANAL;

EID: 0043246007     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00159-8     Document Type: Article

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