New insights into the subducting oceanic crust in the Middle American Trench off western Mexico (17-19°N)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 318, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 187-200

  Michaud, F ^a   Danobeitia J J ^b   Carbonell, R ^b   Bartolome R ^b   Cordoba D ^c   Delgado, L ^d   Nunez Cornu F ^e   Monfret, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Gravity; Magnetics; Mexico; Middle America Trench; Seismic reflection; Subduction

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0342858847     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00311-X     Document Type: Article

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